X-Message-Number: 25072
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:44:34 -0800
Subject: Chance of Revival for Recent Cases
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Dear John:

[snip]

You wrote:

"I would be more inclined to re-write it as

.. many recent Alcor/CI cases have little chance of reanimation by 
any
process that can be described in any detail with present 
knowledge."

This is not quite strong enough. Do you know what happens to brain 
matter after 3 weeks of decay? It is a biological sludge (actually, 
synapses and cell membranes have been destroyed after a mere 10 
hours).

I suppose, if you think we can recover someone from cremated ashes, 
then it might be possible to recover such a case. But otherwise, 
there is no hope without reaching beyond the boundaries of modern 
day physics, into a kind of physics completely unimaginable to us 
now. 

Which I think is a good thing to hope for, but not a good thing to 
count on. And certainly not a good thing to publicize or promise. 
Cryonicists need to be thinking, 'If I don't get suspended 
immediately after death, my chances are abysmal.' This will 
motivate them to take steps to avoid repeating the paths of those 
who have died before them....which could very well save their 
lives.

Best Regards,

Richard B. R.

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