X-Message-Number: 15578
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:42:39 -0500
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Subject: storage in liquid nitrogen after thousands of years (re: 15572)

Paul points out in message 15572 that even in liquid nitrogen,
deterioration takes place after thousands of years.

I don't want to contest this, and it is arguably conceivable that some
or perhaps even all current patients won't be revived in 1000 years.

But i think we can still expect some advances in 1000 years, which is
a long time to think about the problem, after all.  In particular, i
think it's reasonable to expect better ways to store patients---perhaps
in liquid helium, or perhaps there will time stasis or other exotic
technology.  So if we make it 1000 years, and it looks like it will
take 10,000 years, i think patients still could be preserved by
storing them in a new medium.  (Maybe this is even covered in
Ettinger's first book?)

I'm not trying to urge complacency here, and any new methods that look
effective should be investigated as resources permit.  And i think
everybody appreciates the work being done by INC, 21st Century,
Alcor, CI, and others to improve suspension methods.

I just want to claim that concerns about disintegration in liquid
nitrogen can be reasonably deferred.

dan

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