If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout

Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by cerebrum on Thursday April 28, 2016 @05:30PM (#11592047)

Digitalize humans and let them live in simulated worlds.

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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by CM30 on Friday April 29, 2016 @02:23PM (#11597677)

So kind of like Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead from series 4 of Doctor Who? Or Dark Water/Death in Heaven from series 8?

But the idea is definitely an interesting one. More so if humanity decides to avoid the science fiction cliche of the simulated worlds all being like modern day Earth and actually has them based on any wacky theme you can imagine. You could let people live in a simulated version of the time period they were originally frozen in. Or an historical period that'd just be interesting to experience. Or even a fictional world with fantasy elements, cause there's probably a certain amount of people that would love to live their main existence in the likes of World of Warcraft.

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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by lwhalen on Thursday April 28, 2016 @06:04PM (#11592255)

Did that. Look at the mess you (we) have made already.

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