On Sunday, December 21, 2014, Bruce Kellett <[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.
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