Comment by FutureQ on That Magical Click · 2010-07-24T10:29:02.746Z · LW · GW

While death could occur at any moment in today's world, waiting to sign up for cryonics until you've been proven that it will work, is similar to waiting until the Lottery numbers have been drawn and confirmed as winners before buying one's ticket. Oops sorry, those numbers are for the previous game, this ticket now applies to the next game.

There is no NEXT GAME in this life period. That is unless you click that signing up now is at the very least better odds for you than all those that died before there was such a chance or than for those which still refuse to click that cryonics IS the only rational choice to date.

I clicked that cryonics was for me the very instant the thought met my mind. I've come to the conclusion it's not mass madness it's mass stupidity for why most of the rest of the world that could afford it just don't get it. They likely won't until it's an option at the local hospital when tech is advancing so fast someone literally could be only a week away from a cure known to be iin the pipeline but without suspension for that week they are toast.