216 – On Dying (And Cryonics)

Rachel Zuber joins us to talk about hospice work, dying in America, and why she’s less optimistic about cryonics now. LINKS All the Living and the Dead Caitlin Doughty on YouTube CI cryonics case reports Places of Death in the US Prev Episodes – Cryonics pt 1 and pt 2 w Robert McIntyre, and Cryo with Rudi Hoffman Bentham’s Bulldog on the Best Argument and also Miracles?? Skeptoid #247 on The “Miracle” of Calanda 0:00:17 – Dying and Cryonics 1:40:33 – Guild of the Rose Update 1:44:19 – Bentham’s Bulldog’s Terrible Best Argument For God 2:03:45 – Listener Feedback 2:08:25 – Less Wrong Posts 2:26:43 – Thank the Patron Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: Hand vs. Fingers Angry Atoms Next Sequence Posts: Heat vs. Motion Brain Breakthrough! It’s Made of Neurons!