ciphergoth comments on Demands for Particular Proof: Appendices - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 February 2010 07:58AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 17 February 2010 09:01:06PM *  1 point [-]

I don't know any more than is at the end of that link; someone who knew the subject could doubtless say much more. There's a remark about cryonics and Alzheimer's in this Ralph Merkle article:

Most people suffer legal death because of a heart attack or cancer. Deterioration of the brain prior to legal death from neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease), accidental damage to the brain (e.g., as in the case of Phineas Gage) or other causes would adversely influence this risk.