JenniferRM comments on A survey of anti-cryonics writing - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JenniferRM 09 February 2010 06:08:23AM 7 points [-]

Pretty much agree.

The only thing that gives much comfort is that was written in 1991 so there's theoretically enough time for some of the obstructionist cohort to have retired or run out of steam on the subject. Perhaps the upside of a pessimistic view on scientific progress could be kicking in by now?

I tried to verify the actual current state of the Society for Cryobiology's bylaws to see if they even contain the provisions banning cryonicists or their research any longer. With 20 years for them to have realized that such censorship is at the very least in poor taste, maybe things have settled down? When I tried looking for an online version of the document with the it didn't appear to be something they have on display.

Does anyone else have stronger google-fu than I? It would be neat to track down the document so we could see for ourselves :-)

Comment author: MBlume 09 February 2010 08:09:33AM 3 points [-]

Wow, I'm actually having a very hard time finding any information on relations between the two more current than the '91 article