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The_Jaded_One comments on The Brain Preservation Foundation's Small Mammalian Brain Prize won - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: The_Jaded_One 18 March 2016 12:28:03AM *  0 points [-]

I think they're sufficient, assuming there are no major scandals that happen at the same time.

And I think that the size of that demographic is 10,000 - 100,000 people, of which you should be able to get 30% to sign up, especially if the signup process is made smoother.

Comment author: ChristianKl 18 March 2016 10:33:09AM 1 point [-]

Basically reanimating a mammal is something that might take 100 years or more to be technically feasible given current cryonic tech and also alternatives such a plastification.

Having extremely advanced techology would change how the world treats cryonics that's largely irrelevant for the fate of cryonics in the next decades.

Comment author: The_Jaded_One 18 March 2016 09:47:11PM 0 points [-]

I didn't say reanimating, I said

demonstration of extracting real memories and personality from a cryopreserved dog/monkey

for example, demonstrating neural correlates of specific memories or learned skills in sliced & scanned electron microscope images/connectomes. Given that MRI scans can already read people's minds based on blood flow, (extremely crude), it doesn't actually sound that difficult. I reckon we could already do this with enough investment in scaling the scanning and slicing technology using mice.