[MURG] Re: Cryonics costs

[Joseph J. Strout]

At 10:09 AM -0700 10/27/04, Anna wrote:
>This depends on individual memory. But DNA plus an old memory would 
>be enough to recreate "you".
>Memory can be recorded  right before a natural death and stored till 
>ready to use.

"Memory can be recorded"?!?  How, exactly?  The only way to preserve 
memories is to preserve the ultrastructure of the brain.  And that's 
the whole point of cryonics.

>Cryonics are not an answer since all matter including the "dead
>kind, is a subject to time, and  physical damage  is almost  a bet.

No, a cryonics patient is pretty safe from degradation.  Most of the 
potential sources of loss (terrorism, natural disaster, etc.) would 
apply to a rrecording on some other medium too.  And at least it 
doesn't face the risk of obsolescence, which is the fate of most 
recordings today.

Best,
- Joe

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