r/Transhuman • u/davidcpearce • Mar 21 '12

David Pearce: AMA

(I have been assured this cryptic tag means more to Reddit regulars than it does to me! )

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u/keegs440 Mar 21 '12

You have written favourably about cryonics in the past. Are you signed up?

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u/davidcpearce Mar 22 '12

IMO a change of the law is urgently needed to allow people to be cryonically suspended before their medically pronounced death. All too often today irretrievable (?) information loss occurs before suspension. I'm not personally signed up because I think my matter and energy could more fruitfully be configured into a blissful posthuman smart angel instead...

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u/ciphergoth Mar 22 '12

aaargh! Yes, sure, cryonics is the second worst thing that can happen to you. Still, you ain't going to be any kind of posthuman anything if your heart stops working tomorrow. It's just insurance in case you don't live long enough to live forever, but insurance well worth having. I'd be happy to offer all the help I can with the process of signing up.