[ExI] Cryonics Dilemma

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Sat Apr 3 17:17:16 UTC 2021


On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 03:09, Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> I'm afraid of this, more than anything.  Not just for the obvious reasons
> you point out (losing your brain before it can get on ice), but for the
> horrible fact that getting on ice Sonner (effectively committing suicide),
> is against the law!!!  That is just sooooo evil.  How do we get that
> changed?
>

There are some countries and US states that allow euthanasia. How does that
work with cryonics?

On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 11:01 AM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On Apr 3, 2021, at 9:12 AM, Hermes Trismegistus via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> I have a question for all you cryonics enthusiasts. Suppose you are
>> diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Would you endure and have your neurons die and
>> disintegrate beyond even information recovery with a nearly guaranteed few
>> more years of additional life, or bite the bullet for a chance at a
>> significantly longer lifespan?
>>
>>
>> My understanding — and please others correct me if I’m misinformed here —
>> is if you’re thinking of ‘ending’ your life sooner to get into cryonic
>> suspension, this probably won’t work out well because the government might
>> see this as suicide and then do stuff like run a full autopsy.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dan
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