soreff comments on Reference class of the unclassreferenceable - Less Wrong

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Comment author: soreff 10 January 2010 07:47:43PM 2 points [-]

"Recoverability" in the cryonics sense requires not just retrieving the information, but retrieving it in enough detail to permit functional use of the data to resume (I'm counting uploads in functional use). I wouldn't put MRIs in that class. What might fit is a combination of DNA synthesis (to restore function) and cryoelectron imaging (though I'm not sure if that has been refined enough to read base sequences...).