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Is there anywhere I can find a decent analysis of the effectiveness and feasibility of our current methods of cryonic preservation?
(one that doesn't originate with a cryonics institute)
Well, that doesn't seem too difficult -
Oh.
So, who exactly do you expect to be doing this analysis? The most competent candidates are the cryobiologists, and they are ideologically committed to cryonics not working* and have in the past demonstrated their dishonesty**.
* Literally; I understand the bylaw banning any cryonicists from the main cryobiology association is still in effect. ** eg. by claiming on TV cryonics couldn't work because of the 'exploding lysosomes post-death' theory, even after experiments had disproven the theory.
No idea. Particularly if all cryobiologists are so committed to discrediting cryonics that they'll ignore/distort the relevant science. I'm not sure how banning cryonicists* from the cryobiology association is a bad thing though. Personally I think organisations like the American Psychiatric Association should follow suit and ban all those with financial ties to pharmaceutical companies.
I just want to know how far cryonics needs to go in preventing information-theoretic death in order to allow people to be "brought back to life" and to what extent current cryonics can fulfil that criterion.
* This is assuming that by cryonicists you mean people who work for cryonics institutes or people who support cryonics without having an academic background in cryobiology.
No.
So the by-law bans anyone sympathetic to cryonics?
See this article by Mike Darwin.
Thanks!
I'm starting to suspect that my dream of finding an impartial analysis of cryonics is doomed to be forever unfulfilled...
There are cryobiologists who are cryonicists, e,g. the authors of this paper.
The paper does not mention cryonics, nor does the lead author's bio mention being a member of the Society for Cryobiology.