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Comment author: Capla 20 February 2015 06:38:48PM 5 points [-]

I want to spend a few weeks seriously looking into cryonics: how it works, the costs, the theory about revival, the changes in the technology in the past 60 years, the options that are available.

I want to become an expert in cryonics to the extent that I can answer, in depth, the questions that people typically have when they hear about this "crazy idea" for the first time. {Hmm...That sounds a little like bottom-line reasoning, trying to prepare for objections, instead of ferreting out the truth. I'll have to be careful of that. To be fair, I will need to overcome objections to get my family to sign up. Still, be careful of looking for data just to affirm my naive presumption.}

What should I read?

Comment author: jaime2000 22 February 2015 05:27:45AM *  0 points [-]

Read Chronospause, Cryonics, and Mike Darwin's comment history. Mike Darwin is very, very based.

If you still want more, try reading all the articles under the "cryonics" tag and gwern's "Plastination versus Cryonics".