X-Message-Number: 32201
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:00:50 -0800
Subject: Re: Grim story on cryonics
From: Keith Henson <>

>Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 08:30:46 -0800 (PST)
>From: Luke Parrish <>
>Subject: Re: Grim story on cryonics

>> Message #32198
>> From: ""
>> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:32:28 GMT
>> Subject: Grim story on cryonics
>>
>> http://www.365tomorrows.com/12/08/wake-up/
>
>I enjoy a good story, but what scares me is that people really do think like
>this.


>They think that granting immortality to "mortals" would automatically come with
>a horrible Faustian price to pay.

>The story does not take into account the existence of a more advanced
>understanding of psychology in the future. People who have been alive for 500
>years will tend to have a greater, rather than lesser understanding of human
>nature.

>Furthermore, irrational violence is neurological in nature, and an advanced
>understanding of neurology will be necessary to bring people back. The perfect

>society finding themselves unprepared for cryos is not a very credible scenario
>in my opinion.

I agree.

Evolutionary psychology is a particularly powerful tool for
understanding humans.

In addition, we will be in singularity country by the point anyone is
revived from suspension.  At that point de novo AI or something
evolved out of humans but much smarter should be running the show.

Keith Henson

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