This is a linkpost for https://biostasis.substack.com/p/the-case-for-brain-only-preservation
This is a great compilation of the arguments for why cryonics service providers should offer a brain-only option.
Not mentioned in the article: Note that a brain-only option is also offered by OregonCryo and Cryonics Germany.
Summary of the linked post:
The main advantages are:
- Lower storage cost
- Easier emergency relocation (because of size and legal status)
- Lower "yuck" factor
- Compatible with organ donation
- Compatible with a burial ceremony
- Reduction of fracturing
- Permits emergency fixation (in case of ln2 delivery issues)
Related posts:
- #2: Neurocryopreservation vs whole-body preservation (from the Cryonics Signup Guide)
- Section "Higher packing densities" of The Allocation of Long Term Care Costs at Alcor
An advantage related to compatibility with a funeral with the body on view is that it allows for covert brain extraction. The typical application might be where the subject's family is against the whole idea. But I'm more drawn to imagining a Mission Impossible-like plot where the brain of an important deceased politician must be retrieved for interrogation.