One might worry about the pet getting revived without the owner. I think pets have a better chance of revival than humans. Pets can be euthanized and cryopreserved. Humans have to wait around until they die “naturally.” Pets are smaller than humans, so they can be perfused and cooled faster. Pet brains are simpler than human brains, so it’s probably easier to extrapolate behavior from incomplete data (damaged brain).
Even for pets, I think post-revival existence would be better than death. I don’t have any pets and I wouldn’t devote resources to cryopreserving them if I did, but I can understand why someone would do it.
One might worry about the pet getting revived without the owner. I think pets have a better chance of revival than humans. Pets can be euthanized and cryopreserved. Humans have to wait around until they die “naturally.” Pets are smaller than humans, so they can be perfused and cooled faster. Pet brains are simpler than human brains, so it’s probably easier to extrapolate behavior from incomplete data (damaged brain).
Even for pets, I think post-revival existence would be better than death. I don’t have any pets and I wouldn’t devote resources to cryopreserving them if I did, but I can understand why someone would do it.
Or just opt for “tail-only” preservation.
Some of us are guinea pig lovers.