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Comment author: ciphergoth 05 August 2011 07:10:12PM 5 points [-]

I have permission to share their replies - thanks! Here's the first:

Thank you for your interest in our work! In our university, our projects have to be built around a specific problem formulation, which has to be narrow enough, so we only focus on the relevant scientific sources. The possible repair of the human body was not part of our focus, but we think that the damage caused due to death and current cryonization procedures would result in the loss of information "that makes up memory and personality". Regarding the hypothetical future repair technologies, we think that at present it's not an argument that would already provide real evidence of the success of cryonics.

Regards, Evelina and Juliette

Comment author: ciphergoth 05 August 2011 07:11:27PM 5 points [-]

I responded:

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I'd rather have a discussion where others can benefit than in private; would you consider adding this as a comment on my blog, or in some other public forum (eg [this post])? Or if not, do I have your permission to share this reply with others?

Whether or not you decide to take part in further public discussion on this issue, you have advanced the debate far beyond what any other critic of cryonics has achieved, so thank you!

Comment author: ciphergoth 05 August 2011 07:11:52PM 5 points [-]

Yes, of course you can share our reply. We noticed from the comments that there appears to be a confusion about the opponent group mentioned in the acknowledgments part. The project work is organized in way that each group with their individual project is assigned as an opponent to the other group, so as to comment on the development of the project and help to improve it. Our opponent group had their own project that was not related to ours.

Regards, Evelina and Juliette

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