From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 11:14:02 MDT
Eugen Leitl wrote:
> ...
>
>Unfortunately, no. It pays to die in your prime, assuming there's no
>delay, the suspension is done competently and runs smoothly (there's a
>multitude of opportunties to screw you up, and dead patients tell no
>tales), even not considering that we don't know how much information gets
>erased even with a best case (which is very rare).
>...
>
Well, except that the information that I've seen appears to indicate
that current cyronics does a lot of damage even during the original
freezing process. It's a big gamble. Such a big one, that you're
probably better putting things off as long as possible in the hope that
the technology improves. What you should do is make sure that you
maintain optimum levels of cholesterol (needed for neuron maintenance,
deadly as it accumulates in the arteries), anti-oxidants (needed for
protection from the immune system, but you don't want attackers to also
be protected), etc.
If cryonics is your only choice, then take it as the best choice
available. But don't think of it as a good risk.
-- -- Charles Hixson Gnu software that is free, The best is yet to be.
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