I feel like there’s enough unknowns making this scenario plausible here
No argument on that.
I don’t find it particularly surprising that {have lost a loved one they wanna resurrect} ∩ {take the singularity and the possibility of resurrection seriously} ∩ {would mention this} is empty, though:
“Resurrection is information-theoretically possible” is a longer leap than “believes an unconditional pro-humanity utopia is possible”, which is itself a bigger leap than just “takes singularity seriously”. E. g., there’s a standard-ish counter-argument to “resurrection is possible” which naively assumes a combinatorial explosion of possible human minds consistent with a given behavior. Thinking past it requires some additional less-common insights.
“Would mention this” is downgraded by it being an extremely weakness/vulnerability-revealing motivation. Much more so than just “I want an awesome future”.
“Would mention this” is downgraded by… You know how people who want immortality get bombarded with pop-culture platitudes about accepting death? Well, as per above, immortality is dramatically more plausible-sounding than resurrection, and it’s not as vulnerable-to-mention a motivation. Yet talking about it is still not a great idea in a “respectable” company. Goes double for resurrection.
No argument on that.
I don’t find it particularly surprising that {have lost a loved one they wanna resurrect} ∩ {take the singularity and the possibility of resurrection seriously} ∩ {would mention this} is empty, though:
“Resurrection is information-theoretically possible” is a longer leap than “believes an unconditional pro-humanity utopia is possible”, which is itself a bigger leap than just “takes singularity seriously”. E. g., there’s a standard-ish counter-argument to “resurrection is possible” which naively assumes a combinatorial explosion of possible human minds consistent with a given behavior. Thinking past it requires some additional less-common insights.
“Would mention this” is downgraded by it being an extremely weakness/vulnerability-revealing motivation. Much more so than just “I want an awesome future”.
“Would mention this” is downgraded by… You know how people who want immortality get bombarded with pop-culture platitudes about accepting death? Well, as per above, immortality is dramatically more plausible-sounding than resurrection, and it’s not as vulnerable-to-mention a motivation. Yet talking about it is still not a great idea in a “respectable” company. Goes double for resurrection.