RolfAndreassen comments on Normal Cryonics - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 January 2010 07:08PM

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Comment author: RolfAndreassen 20 January 2010 08:30:03PM 0 points [-]

You are responding to a point somewhat at angles to the one I made. Yes, we can learn a lot about the internal state of brain cells using modern technology. It does not follow that such state survives long-term storage at liquid-nitrogen temperatures.

Comment author: Andy_McKenzie 20 January 2010 11:43:58PM 1 point [-]

Is it the immediate effects of the freezing process that trouble you or the long-term effects of staying frozen for years / decades / centuries?