X-Message-Number: 3501
From: Brian Wowk <>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 94 01:21:06 CST
Subject: SCI.CRYONICS Problems with Neuro

From:  (Martin R. Olah):
 
>I've read with interest the posts explaining that identical twins, and
>therefore clones, are not truly identical.
>
>Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't sound like good news for those
>cryonicists signed up for neurosuspension. Is it believed that the brain 
>will offer enough clues as to hormonal balance, spinal cord conditions, etc?
>
>Or is this all considered too minor of a concern? Minor enough to forgo a 
>more conservativea whole body suspension?
 
        Don't worry about it.  Assuming a reasonably complete knowledge
of normal human physiology (implicitly required for cryonics revival)
it is essentially a truism that we will have no problem designing a
compatible body.
 
        As an analogy, imagine you have an old hard disk and CPU from
a custom-designed computer that no longer exists.  Although you don't 
have the complete computer anymore, you do have complete schematics for 
the hard disk and CPU, and a broad outline of what the rest of the 
computer was supposed to do.  From this information any competent 
engineer could design a new computer and peripherals that would 
compatibly incorporate the old disk and CPU.
 
--- Brian Wowk
 

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