>From: Eugene Leitl <eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
>
>Do you have any evidence that we are already immortal, in
>Moravec/Tipler/Tegmark sense? I.e. is theirs a falsifyable hypothesis?
>If it is, could a cryonics suspension somehow jeopardize your
>(Omega-transcendent) immortality?
It is not now (and in my opinion, never will be) provable that there is no
transcendant afterlife. But even if there is, you won't jeopardize it by
*any* life-extension technique. Indefinite lifespan is *not* immortality.
Eventually something will end your life, even if it is the ultimate
universal heat death or the "big crunch" singularity through which no
information is likely to pass. So if Heaven (or Hell) await, we'll
eventually get there.
I know some think we may reach some "Omega Point" at which information
processing will continue for infinity. But, personally, I'm not convinced.
Even if we do collectively reach that Omega Point, I would not consider that
to be my personal survival even if some semblance of my former self is
remotely remembered by the Omega-thing.
-Zero
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