X-Message-Number: 7870
From:  (Randy)
Subject: Re: Brain Fixation
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 23:55:32 GMT

>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.=20
>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. =20

This certainly is an interesting idea. Speaking of fixation, aren't
many brains already fixated in formaldehyde? Is a brain in a jar of
formaldehyde a potentially viable brain if had been de-cerebrated (?)
immediately after death? Realizing of course that revival would
require the most advanced and distant version of NT.
Randy  =20
Home Page: http://members.wbs.net/homepages/c/r/y/cryofan1.html          =
  =20
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