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I'm assuming that as an author of fairly hard sci-fi Banks would not mind overmuch if he was resurrected as a "mere" upload. The point of cryo is once the initi
by FeepingCreature 14y ago
I'm assuming that as an author of fairly hard sci-fi Banks would not mind overmuch if he was resurrected as a "mere" upload. The point of cryo is once the initial damage is done, no additional information loss to entropy occurs, so you can afford waiting for far-distance supertech to see if your neural behavior is at all reconstructable.
- arethuza 14y agoThirty centuries from now I can imagine someone boarding a starship: 'I am the Iain (M) Banks,' the ship said, through the drone. 'That's a weird name. How did you end up calling yourself that?' The remote drone dipped one front corner slightly, its equivalent of a shrug. 'It's a long story . . .'
- polyfractal 14y agoThat's fair enough, although it should be noted that proteins/molecules are still active at -80C, just very slow. Things still break down, some enzymes are still active, etc.