handoflixue comments on Organ donation vs Cryonics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: handoflixue 27 June 2011 10:20:15PM 7 points [-]

Short Answer: They're not compatible. Slightly longer answer: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/dsp.cgi?msg=7190

Comment author: Alexei 27 June 2011 11:26:44PM 10 points [-]

Yup. Here is the reply I got from Alcor:

If you are an organ donor, Alcor cannot get your body until your other organs have been harvested. They will not put your body or head on ice which is very bad for you and your cryopreservation arrangements. Alcor highly recommends to the members not to be an organ donor due to this conflict.

Comment author: handoflixue 27 June 2011 11:33:58PM 3 points [-]

Glad to have it confirmed from them as well. Thank you :)

Comment author: SilasBarta 28 June 2011 03:05:05PM 2 points [-]

Interesting. What about donating non-vital or machine-replaceable organs while near death, and then cryo-preserving whatever's left? That is, donate a kidney or something, at least. As technology improves, maybe one day you could live without even a heart, and have a machine pump the blood.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 28 June 2011 03:26:48PM 4 points [-]

IAWYC, and donating a kidney is definitely a good idea. Though it might be best to do it before you get old so that both you and the kidney can handle it better. One thing to point out:

As technology improves, maybe one day you could live without even a heart, and have a machine pump the blood.

At that point, donor hearts wouldn't be that useful.

Comment author: AlexMennen 28 June 2011 02:24:24AM 1 point [-]

That's unfortunate. It's a terrible waste of organs.

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