On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 2:26 AM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps some kind of reverse of additive manufacturing could shave away > your preserved head nano layer by nano layer and go on to process the next > nano layer before it lost the ordering preserved in the cryogenic matrix. > But this is not anything that is on the horizon. > True it's not on the horizon but there is one thing I know beyond dispute, being frozen with liquid nitrogen gives you lots and lots of patients. > >> And Alcor will infuse my brain with a cocktail of anti-freeze agents, >> the same sort of agents that are used to protect human embryos from minus >> 320 degree temperatures, except that Alcor will use much higher >> concentrations so my brain will not freeze but will undergo a glass >> transition process and vitrify. >> > > > Interesting. How long will it take for the blood to become mostly > replaced by the solution containing the cocktail of anti-freeze agents? > If lawyers don't get in the way a few hours, and the very first thing they do is lower the brain temperature from 98.6 to about 50. >During this time and as a result of this infusion process will the end of > life snapshot of the information state of your brain sustain irreversible > damage? Nobody knows for sure but microscopic pictures of brains at this stage are encouraging, and if there is any brain damage I think I am safe in saying it will be less than if the brain rotted in the ground or were burned up. >> Actually to my mind the most serious obstacles to the success of my >> program are not scientific at all, they are these: >> > >> > 1) Will my brain really be frozen soon after my death? >> >> 2) Will my brain remain frozen until the age of nanotechnology? >> > > > Number 2 seems like a big one. I recall reading that this already > happened at one cryo facility during a blackout. > That was decades ago and had nothing to do with a blackout, the company went bankrupt. Loss of electric power would cause no damage, Alcor doesn't make liquid nitrogen they buy it, it cost's about the same as milk. They could just sit on their hands for weeks before enough liquid nitrogen evaporated that the brains would start to thaw. 3) When it becomes possible to retrieve the information in my frozen brain >> will anybody think I'm worth the trouble to actually do it? > > > >> Or to what end will you be re-awakened… what if it for the sadistic > amusement of some Jupiter brain toddler with a bad attitude and love of > breaking its toys. > You never know, oh well at least things won't be dull. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
