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Sidetrack: If you're cryonicly revived, what are the odds of getting your gut bacteria back?
I'd imagine that if you can be revived, the reasons you want your gut bacteria back would no longer apply.
What's your line of thought?
My guess is that if you're being revived as something much like your current self, you will at least need simulations of gut bacteria.
I'm not sure whether I'm grossly ignorant of the biology here. Supposing they'd still be helpful, would it be important to get your gut bacteria back, rather than some other gut bacteria? Would that be more akin to replacing a kidney, or replacing part of the brain?
Or a simulation of their beneficial effects.
A lot of cryonics is head-only cryonics, so pretty low.
Good point, but what about whole-body cryonics?
I think very high if they're trying to preserve them, otherwise very low. We know bacteria can survive freezing fairly well in many cases, but if they're not trying to preserve them I imagine the revival process could be deadly to gut flora.