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 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3501