From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Jan 25 1999 - 08:27:36 MST
"Gina Miller" <echoz@hotmail.com> writes:
> My fear is this, that if we are brought back. I may end up in the
> likeness of a clone. If neurons are damaged beyond repairs, quickly
> after death. Then, the memories are gone, correct? So even upon
> retrieval, I'm a copy without knowledge of who I was. In a sense, I'll
> still be dead.
Exactly. So a worthwhile cryosuspension process must retain all the
relevant information, and a workable revival process must avoid
damaging it.
Then again, the borders between being completely restored and being
damaged are blurry - a little damage might be acceptable (compared to
being totally dead), but it is not easy to tell how much damage is
acceptable beforehand.
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