Cryonics, wealth preservation and research

"I simply noted that you declared your opinions as facts, yet you repeat your opinions!"

That's too dogmatic and binary. I stated that most people are not futurists. Yes, that is an opinion but I believe it is close to fact. Cryonics should appeal to as many people as possible. Telling them to leave there life-time savings and investments behind is suicide for cryonics.

I also stated that most people can afford cryonics. This is close to, if not being, a fact as well.

This raises a broader point about cryonics: CRYONICS SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A VEHICLE TO PROMOTE OTHER CAUSES. No religion, objectivism, libertarianism, socialism, egalitarianism, transhumanism etc. Suggesting that cryonics is intrinsically (let alone, exclusively) bound to any philosophy about life is contra-productive. Speculation about what the future (or the monetary system in the future) will look like when patients are resuscitated is contra-productive as well. Since we just don't have a freaking clue, we will only alienate potential sign-ups.

There have been a number of media items on cryonics and wealth preservation in the press and all of them were neutral or positive. To suggest that if people will actually do this, it will backfire and hurt cryonics is speculation of the wildest sort. What is not wild speculation is that most normal human beings have a strong desire to keep what they have. So if there will be any consequence, it's more likely that it will lead to broader acceptance of cryonics.

To those who would say that it would be better to spend such money on research and resuscitation I say this: most people would like to strike a balance between those objectives. And in light of the abysmal reporting about the fate of research donations (or any donations) in cryonics, it might be more prudent to choose wealth preservation over research until you more transparent reporting on donations for research.