On Sunday, December 21, 2014, Bruce Kellett <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
> Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > >> >> >> On Sunday, December 21, 2014, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> John Clark wrote: >> >> Somebody said that they didn't want to sign up for Cryonics >> because they were worried about ending up as a brain in a vat, >> and in any case they believed in Everett's Many Worlds so it is >> unnecessary. Well, if Everett is correct then you've already >> signed up for Cryonics in some universe and you are going to end >> up as a brain in a vat regardless, so that eliminates that >> objection for taking action now in this universe. So if there >> is no reason (other than economics) for not doing it is there >> any positive reason for actually doing it? I believe there is. >> >> Consider the possibility that Everett is not correct, or at >> least not 100% correct in the way you think, then Cryonics could >> literally be the difference between life and death, between >> consciousness and oblivion. In my opinion Many Worlds is the >> best interpretation of Quantum Mechanics that has so far been >> found, but I'm not willing to bet my life that a even better one >> won't be found someday. >> >> John K Clark >> >> >> What's wrong with oblivion? >> >> Most legal systems punish murder more than any other crime, and those >> that have the death penalty reserve it for the worst offenders. Most >> criminals know that if they threaten a person with death they are more >> likely to comply than with other threats. Most religions, in the absence of >> any evidence, promise an afterlife. I think this all supports the fact that >> it is a common human trait to fear oblivion, even if as John says it's just >> a matter of taste. >> >> Stathis Papaioannou >> > > It might be a common human trait to fear oblivion, but it is even more > irrational than belief in an afterlife. > If you don't like the idea of having no further experiences, then it is rational to fear oblivion. The fact that once oblivion occurs you will not be worrying about what you missed out on does not invalidate your feelings about it now. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
