> and I don't really get how it's not a bigger operation yet.
Overpriced insurance policy based on pseudoscience implemented by a shady industry. What is not to like.
Overpriced insurance policy based on pseudoscience implemented by a shady industry. What is not to like.
When I mention cryonics people tend to respond very negatively without engaging rationally. More so than with most anything else. It's sad that it's something you can't say even here on hn. http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html
Says who ? Just like it may be physically possible to create immortal humans, but it's extremely unlikely we find a way to make it happen anytime soon, and in the meantime your frozen body will be left to rot over time faster than science progresses in that field.
The term "pseudoscience" can be applied to a true result as well as a false one. The term refers, not to the result, but to how it was acquired.
An astrologer may predict that you will have a nice day. If you then have a nice day, does that make astrology science?
I could also sell coal to people that would hope to use it in their 3D printers in the near future to construct their own diamonds, or flight goggles for our futures' flying cars.
It's not pseudo-science, but not because it's trust-worthy; it's not pseudo-science because Alcor is very careful with their image and wording so as to flank that issue entirely.