ChrisHibbert comments on Incremental Progress and the Valley - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 April 2009 04:42PM

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Comment author: rwallace 05 April 2009 09:47:47AM 2 points [-]

I would imagine it should be possible to freeze your brain and donate the rest of your organs?

Comment author: ChrisHibbert 05 April 2009 06:02:07PM 6 points [-]

Mostly not. The process of preparing the body for cryonics (even for neuro- or head-only patients) requires pumping preservation chemicals through the bloodstream that are incompatible with donation.