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Demanding a particular form of proof, and one which might be impossible to get even if we knew for sure that cryonics perfectly preserved the brain, is a logica
by apsec112 12y ago
Demanding a particular form of proof, and one which might be impossible to get even if we knew for sure that cryonics perfectly preserved the brain, is a logical fallacy. It's the same type of argument creationists make when they demand biologists give them video footage of monkeys evolving into humans. See eg. http://lesswrong.com/lw/1ph/youre_entitled_to_arguments_but_not_that/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/1ph/youre_entitled_to_arguments_but_....
- annnnd 12y agoI never did that - they just need to prove that reviving (which is the end goal I suppose) is possible. I really don't care how they prove it, I just suggested a pretty good way (IMHO). Also, did anyone read Pet Cemetary? Yeah, it would be nice to be revived, but in what condition?
- blueskin_ 12y agohttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781097/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781097/ tl;dr: A rabbit kidney was vitrified, then revived and successfully implanted into another rabbit which remained healthy.