X-Message-Number: 987 From: (David A. Roth) Subject: Re: cryonics: #980 - #983 Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 00:20:25 EST In Regards to your letter <>: > Message: #980 - Bruce's Wager > From: Bruce White 3807 <> > > . . . > > Let's say that you're a 30-something individual. You've got a decent > job, a nice social circle, a fairly comfortable existence. If you could, > would you prefer to be frozen in your current physical state then in > a 70 year-old's body? > > The bottom line: are you ready to die now in order to be reborn? > > [ Here is an old cryonics aphorism: "Getting frozen is the second worst > thing that can happen to you." (The worst being dying without getting > frozen.) Since recovering from the injury introduced by today's > freezing methods seems at least as complex as recovering from old age, > I see no advantage to getting frozen now to avoid aging, whereas I see > a LOT of disadvantages. - KQB ] I guess I don't see what the point is in being 30 years old now or 30 years old in the future. David [ David, I guess the future is supposed to be better. But I don't see the point in belaboring this question any further since getting frozen now just to avoid aging doesn't sound like a rational gamble. - KQB ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=987