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Comment author: ChristianKl 25 November 2015 09:58:48AM 0 points [-]

For example, many people on LW seem to assume that the whole 'me' is in the head; so you can just freeze the head, and feed the rest to the worms.

Whether you need to freeze the whole body or whether the head is enough is a meaningful debate, but it has little to do with why a lot of people oppose cryonics.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 25 November 2015 01:28:10PM 0 points [-]

At this stage, I can see an argument for freezing the gut, or at least samples of the gut, so as to get the microbiome. Anyone know about reviving frozen microbes?

Comment author: Lumifer 25 November 2015 03:31:59PM *  2 points [-]

Anyone know about reviving frozen microbes?

It's not hard. IIRC people brought to life microbes which were frozen in permafrost tens of thousands of years ago.

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