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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:06:00 EST
Subject: Re: CryoNet #12865 - #12870

A good primer on how the mind/brain works is "The Emporer's New Brain" by 
Roger Penrose.  Note that this is a few years old and the concept of 
holographic memory hadn't been derived.  A combination of microtubules and 
quantum computing is the highest density storage, and most likely candidate 
for our brain.  Degeneration of our brain cells decreases the "definition" of 
our memory just like removing a piece of a hologram reduces the "definition" 
of the hologram's image.  For any chance of regaining old memories on exiting 
cryopreservation, we need to preserve this apparatus as much intact as 
possible.  The idea of "uploading" our memories is yet a long way off.  We 
also need to get people into suspension before their brains are destroyed by 
neuro-degenerative diseases (another ethical dilemma).

Live long and well, and keep on learning.

James R Hughes, MD
Medical Director, Hilton Head Longevity Center
Medical Director, Physician's Longevity Products Inc
Director R&D, The Anti-Aging Institute
www.anti-agingcenter.com
888-412-4452

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