Re: Nature defines transhumanist

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 17:27:49 MDT


Is there anyone even dealing tangentially, with nanotech in combination with
cryonics? Is there some precepts of what the nanobots would do to preserve or
regenerate the patient's tissues? How is this supposed to happen? Any URL's?

In a message dated 6/15/00 2:35:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, hal@finney.org
writes:

<< If Drexlerian nanotech comes about, in the full flower of its predicted
 power, then there is a decent chance that cryonic suspension will work.
 And that means that everyone who has allowed a loved one to die has,
 in effect, murdered that person. This would be an intolerable moral
 burden for most people, making it hard for them to think clearly about
 where this technology may lead. >>



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