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Re:At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to p... by iso1631 on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:09AM (#24398843)
You're describing Pascal's wager.
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Re:At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to p... by Smaug123 on Monday September 07, 2020 @10:08AM (#24399494)
Well, it's not quite so black and white. We have something resembling a roadmap to achieving the revival of a cryopreserved patient, but it's hardly a certainty. The fact that your roadmap has a few more details on than does the roadmap of $religion does not make them qualitatively different.
Re:At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to p... by staticman2 on Monday September 07, 2020 @10:53AM (#24399808)
Pascal's wager would be verifiable if, say, someone invented a device like the ones in the Ghostbusters movies. That seems about as promising as freezing yourself after you die in my mind...