X-Message-Number: 6425
Date:  Mon, 01 Jul 96 10:21:08 
From: Mike Perry <>
Subject: Revival beyond cryonics

>From Doug Reilly (#6421, 30 Jun 96 19:13): 

>Subject: Revival beyond cryonics, is there a way?
>
>Assume the worst, is there _ANYTHING_ that can be done at all? Anybody have
>any speculations?

A person has a finite description, which would include a 
specification of all memories, etc. along with physical structure.
>From such a description, assuming 
a mature nanotechnology, it should be possible to create a 
functioning duplicate of that person, which could then serve as a 
"continuer," i.e. a means of extending that person's existence. A 
finite description on the other hand could be arrived at by guesswork 
even if the original was lost. Here then is a possible basis for 
revival of a person after death, without cryonics (not as good as 
cryonics, in my view, but better than eternal oblivion). Ideas 
such as this are developed at length in Frank Tipler's book, *The 
Physics of Immortality* (though with a theological "spin" I found 
off-putting, as have many immortalists). I am writing a book myself 
whose aim is to tie in cryonics with other possibilities for revival, 
avoid theological baggage as far as possible, and assess the 
different options for their relative merits and demerits.

Mike Perry

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