There are advantages to that, but there are disadvantages too. You’d have to constantly maintain a lie to everyone you knew, and there are psychological consequences to that. Additionally, it’s a lot easier to believe that there is no afterlife when cryonics is possible. If you’re in 12th century Europe, you will cease to exist after about 30 years, and that could be very painful to realize.
There are advantages to that, but there are disadvantages too. You’d have to constantly maintain a lie to everyone you knew, and there are psychological consequences to that. Additionally, it’s a lot easier to believe that there is no afterlife when cryonics is possible. If you’re in 12th century Europe, you will cease to exist after about 30 years, and that could be very painful to realize.