CellBioGuy comments on PSA: Very important policy change at Cryonics Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 03 October 2013 08:05:27AM 3 points [-]

However, there is still a chance that a sufficiently smart intelligence would be able to time-reverse the ice damage

What does that sentence even mean?

Comment author: Baughn 03 October 2013 10:44:30AM 11 points [-]

"Figure out the past state from the current state". Or at least some close approximation of the past state.

Which involves attempting to time-reverse the laws of physics, on some level. Which is impossible, strictly speaking, but you may be able to get close enough for government purposes.