X-Message-Number: 17254
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 04:00:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis Epstein <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #17240:The Donaldson Informational Doctrine

> Message #17240 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 08:25:46 -0400
> From: Thomas Donaldson <>
>
> 2. The connection of suspension with "death" in the literal sense
>    shows up quite well in the definition (by NONcryonicists) of
>    cryonics in the dictionary. We must keep in mind that our notion
>    of "death" differs from the common one: strongly in the case of
>    medical cases in which large parts of our cortex become destroyed
>    while we remain "officially alive", even more strongly in the case
>    in which our brain cortex does NOT get destroyed even though for
>    other reasons we have been declared "dead". The first case is a
>    case in which we'd say someone had died, because their personality
>    had clearly vanished.

Are you quite sure that all
cryonicists agree with you on
this,or is this just your
personal experience and
perspective talking,with
anecdotal support?

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