That’s certainly the first time I’ve heard of such a rationalization for people avoiding cryo. I usually just assumed it was because of lack of public knowledge (most people I’ve talked to assume that once you’re dead, you’re dead, and there’s no way to bring you back) and a abhorrence of being stuck in a refrigerator at the mercy of anyone who happens to be passing by (something I can certainly understand—I wouldn’t sign up for cryonics if I didn’t have some assurance that my body will not be messed with until the revival time comes).
Well, it’s not exactly in a refrigerator, but completely surrounded by (immersed in?) liquid nitrogen. Messing around with you would be anything but a casual occurrence, even if there weren’t any additional security.
I have to admit, I’m still at the stage in my development as a rationalist that coming up with an actual, honest-to-goodness original idea—especially one that’s actually true and useful—makes my day. (Or month.) /If/ this idea is true, and /if/ it actually helps point the direction to help improve cryo providers… who just might manage to attract at least one additional member, and/or acquire enough extra funding to lead to something approaching immortality… then that just might make my millennium. (Hello there, anyone reading this more than a century from now!)
Of course, that’s a pretty big ‘if’. And if it’s not true, I still want to know that, so I can avoid wasting too much of my all-too-finite time on an unproductive path.
That’s certainly the first time I’ve heard of such a rationalization for people avoiding cryo. I usually just assumed it was because of lack of public knowledge (most people I’ve talked to assume that once you’re dead, you’re dead, and there’s no way to bring you back) and a abhorrence of being stuck in a refrigerator at the mercy of anyone who happens to be passing by (something I can certainly understand—I wouldn’t sign up for cryonics if I didn’t have some assurance that my body will not be messed with until the revival time comes).
Well, it’s not exactly in a refrigerator, but completely surrounded by (immersed in?) liquid nitrogen. Messing around with you would be anything but a casual occurrence, even if there weren’t any additional security.
I have to admit, I’m still at the stage in my development as a rationalist that coming up with an actual, honest-to-goodness original idea—especially one that’s actually true and useful—makes my day. (Or month.) /If/ this idea is true, and /if/ it actually helps point the direction to help improve cryo providers… who just might manage to attract at least one additional member, and/or acquire enough extra funding to lead to something approaching immortality… then that just might make my millennium. (Hello there, anyone reading this more than a century from now!)
Of course, that’s a pretty big ‘if’. And if it’s not true, I still want to know that, so I can avoid wasting too much of my all-too-finite time on an unproductive path.