X-Message-Number: 17414 From: Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:14:56 EDT Subject: At least a good argument against cryonics Seen in the Scientific American special issue on nanotechnology, September 2001, p.23, under the title: Nano Nonsense and Cryonics (Michael Shermer): >> To see the flaw in the system, thaw out a can of frozen strawberries. During freezing, the water within each cell expands, crystallizes, and ruptures the cell membranes. When defrosted, all the intracellular goo oozes out, turning your strawberries into runny mush. This is your brain on cryonics. >> Seen in New Scientist, August 25 2001 issue, p. 7 under the title: How to melt a heart of ice (James Randerson). >> A natural antifreeze found in the blood of Antarctic fish can now be manufactured in large quantities. <...> AFGPs could prevent damage to human organs, blood or eggs in cold storage <...> As well as having medical uses, biological antifreeze could be helpful in industry, stopping frozen food going mushy, for example. >> Strange as some rock bottom arguments melt away these days... Yvan Bozzonetti. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17414