Because I'm not prepared to spend $1,200/year on something highly unlikely to work.
It's the same reason I don't take Pascal's Wager. There may be a slightly possibility of a god who will punish me for not believing in him, but the odds are pretty low.
Now where it differs from Pascal's Wager is that there's accumulating evidence that it cryonics is possible. As Urban described are very notion of what constitutes "death" has changed based on available technologies. It's not completely unreasonable to expect advancing technology
My approach is to wait and gain more evidence and also to save up money for starting a business. To spend $1,200 to $2,000 per year on cryonics is irrational at this point. The evidence is to thin and I have much better uses for this money.
However, as my income increases and as I approach retirement and if I determine that Alcor has staying power, then yes, I'd pay for cryonics.
Now for most businesses and startups, personal bankruptcy is not going to be a complete dealbreaker for me. But for something like Alcor I want to be highly confident in the financial planning ability of its leadership.
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Because I'm not prepared to spend $1,200/year on something highly unlikely to work.
It's the same reason I don't take Pascal's Wager. There may be a slightly possibility of a god who will punish me for not believing in him, but the odds are pretty low.
Now where it differs from Pascal's Wager is that there's accumulating evidence that it cryonics is possible. As Urban described are very notion of what constitutes "death" has changed based on available technologies. It's not completely unreasonable to expect advancing technology
My approach is to wait and gain more evidence and also to save up money for starting a business. To spend $1,200 to $2,000 per year on cryonics is irrational at this point. The evidence is to thin and I have much better uses for this money.
However, as my income increases and as I approach retirement and if I determine that Alcor has staying power, then yes, I'd pay for cryonics.
I should note that apparently the CEO of Alcor has filed for personal bankruptcy in the past: http://thebaffler.com/salvos/everybody-freeze-pein
Now for most businesses and startups, personal bankruptcy is not going to be a complete dealbreaker for me. But for something like Alcor I want to be highly confident in the financial planning ability of its leadership.