DanielLC comments on [Open Thread] Stupid Questions (2014-02-17) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 17 February 2014 05:37:32PM 1 point [-]

I'm told that there have been brains with no activity that have been revived, showing that that at least isn't where all the information is stored. It doesn't prove that cryonics is possible, but it disproves the most obvious reason why it wouldn't be.

Comment author: CellBioGuy 18 February 2014 06:04:54AM 3 points [-]

Indeed, no neurologists propose that activity is important for anything but short-term memory and, of course, all normal functions. Memory and what a bit of tissue is capable of come from physical structure.