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Originally Posted by Dent
I didn't say that we did have the medical technology to bring them back, if we did it would be done now. Do you think as DH says that it "probably always be impossible."
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No, I just think it's very optimistic in terms of individual personality post-resurrection. I don't think individual personality is that important for the most part, as there are 7-billion of them right now who think that they are the center of the universe --- and that's just humans.
I guess I think of it like I would a clone: while there would still be the raw data, and in this case probably more "personality data" than a clone (tabula rasa), I feel like the cryonics process in it's current stage is more apt to "corrupt the data". I mean, god, can you imagine the social hell that would ensue if we suddenly started bringing people back from that state and they all have permanent mental illness? That's a disaster scenario for all parties involved. So even when they do reach the current technological level, there will be tons of social and political issues surrounding these events.
However I look forward to a time when that is not the case, particularly for long-distance space travel. (Although I really do feel that full-immersion psychedelic VR
"false-life illusions", particularly with AI-assisted computer programing of virtual environments and physical sensory augmentation, will take precedence to most people vs. risking their lives in the cold dead void of space.)
I do admire how some individuals like yourself are motivated by the fact of their impending death and presumably eternal oblivion, to "solve the problem" so to speak, and I'm interested in seeing if it can be done, but I'm much
more interested in reversing aging. What do you think about that?
Also, despite your protestations I will always remain optimistic about a future form of technology that allows for consciousness uploading and, preferably, into new organic bodies, as well as machines and spacecraft.