X-Message-Number: 7866 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 08:59:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: fixation and vitrification In Message #7859 Brian Wowk wrote: "Fixation and vitrification is an interesting idea (I believe first proposed by Mike Darwin many years ago, and featured in Drexler's book, "Engines of Creation"). Personally I'd rather be just vitrified, and accept the risk of storage failure. Viable (or nearly viable) cells are going to be a lot easier to repair than cells where everything has been cross-linked at the molecular level (what a mess for future repair engineers!)." I can think of one good reason to consider fixation and vitrification/mummification - affordibility. There have been a number of cases where cryonicists were cremated or buried instead of being cryopreserved, when funds were in short supply. I imagine first fixing the brain, then vitrifying/mummifying it and cremating the rest of the body would cost no more than whole body burial in a cemetary. I am amazed to see poor cryonicists accepting complete destruction so easily when there does exist an affordible alternative. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7866