X-Message-Number: 22631 Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:50:09 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #22626 - #22630 To Basie (whoever you are): Whatever problems with cryonic suspension which may arise from the Larry Johnson treason will not be affected at all by the method used for suspension. Those problems would be legal, not technical, and for such problems technical issues have very little bearing --- unfortunately. I do think that with some justification we can feel confident that such problems will be overcome in this case. To Doug Skrecky: I'm actually a subscriber to SCIENCE, but the September 26 issue hasn't yet arrived here in Australia. I will read it with interest when it arrives. Though brains can be compared to computers, it's not clear at all they work at all in the same way (Sejnowski may disagree!). Computers are a nice metaphor for brains, but metaphors don't constitute full understanding. (The major problem with identifying brains with computers comes from our brain's production of new neurons in at least 2 regions and possibly throughout our cortex. I haven't noticed computers growing new circuits. A secondary problem is that all computers so far have been designed as tools for human beings, for which an independent will and feelings would be an impediment ... so they lack large areas of our brains devoted to just such activities). As most who read Cryonet already know, I spend lots of time and attention on such issues in PERIASTRON. Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22631