X-Message-Number: 18488 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 08:01:44 -0500 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #18482 - #18487 Hi everyone! Well, well, I guess I must talk more about memory. I would not insist that I retain my present memories for the whole of my lifespan, though I'd probably want to store them. However when I am revived from my suspension I do want to retain my memories; to the degree that I do so, my suspension will be good or bad. Would I accept a suspension which caused lots of loss of memory? If I had to I would most certainly do so. I am talking about what makes a suspension a good suspension, not about what makes it better than annihilation. Since Bob brings up otherfeatures we have, I will say that again I wish to retain whatever other features, such as personality, which do not directly rely on memory. However I would add that if I lost ALL my memories, including memory of kinds often preserved after brain injury (such as name, personal traits which were not inherited etc) then I would seriously wonder if the revived person was ME. Study of memory has shown that we have several different kinds of memory, managed by different brain areas, and people can lose one but keep all the others. The disastrous event would be if I lost ALL of them. This brief discussion of memory may not cover some questions Bob or others may have. I am happy to discuss this issue further. It would be foolish of me to claim that this message sums up in total my thoughts about memory or any relevant facts pertaining or supporting my thoughts. Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18488