Re: SciAm: nano and cryonics

From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 15 2001 - 15:09:31 MDT


Anders Sandberg wrote:
>Michael Sheremer discusses cryonics in the sceptic column, where he
>also mentions transhumanism in a not too flattering light:
>http://www.sciam.com/2001/0901issue/0901skeptic.html

At that URL, Michael Sheremer writes:
>But this is precisely why I'm skeptical. It is too much like
>religion: it promises everything, delivers nothing (but hope)
>and is based almost entirely on faith in the future. ...
>It is not impossible for cryonics to succeed; it is just
>exceptionally unlikely

His argument is basically "It sounds to good to be true,
so it must be false."

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