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David_Gerard 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: David_Gerard 19 January 2014 10:37:48PM 2 points [-]

Well, we can go back to the basics of what's happening:

You have a 1.5kg sphere of water. You immerse it in liquid nitrogen.

  1. How long does it take to freeze all the way through?

  2. What does the pattern of ice crystal formation look like?

Repeat with water with cryoprotectants in.