Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Normal Cryonics - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 January 2010 02:10:33PM *  2 points [-]

Yes, well, I think it's safe to say that quite a few cryonics patients and orgs are concerned about that. There are complex technologies to prevent it, but also a simple one, widely available if you have any local cryonics group. It's called crushed ice, and a lot of stores will sell it to you.

Comment author: nawitus 28 January 2010 02:26:21PM 2 points [-]

What we need are studies of damage from vitrification when the operation was not done immediately after death, but after few hours as it usually happens.