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Error comments on Cryonics As Untested Medical Procedure - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: jkaufman 17 January 2014 04:36PM

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Comment author: Error 17 January 2014 09:17:11PM 4 points [-]

I hadn't considered that. Are the techniques they use publicly documented in detail? Are there other organizations that do not hold such views, that would be willing and able to perform such studies, even if they don't do cryonics themselves?

I'm 31. I don't expect to die soon.

Comment author: jkaufman 17 January 2014 09:26:19PM 3 points [-]

"Are the techniques they use publicly documented in detail?"

Yes. See this Reddit AMA comment by Ken Hayworth. 21st Century Medicine is applying similar techniques to preserving a mouse brain.

"Are there other organizations that do not hold such views, that would be willing and able to perform such studies, even if they don't do cryonics themselves?"

Probably. And to be fair I haven't asked Alcor or CI about this, so I could easily be wrong.