Mailing List CryoNet@secureid.org Message #9908

From: David Stodolsky <david.stodolsky@socialinformatics.org>
Subject: Re: Cryonics
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:14:34 +0200
To: CryoNet@secureid.org
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On 27 Jun 2008, at 14:20, Harmony wrote:

> i'm new to here, and my english is not too good, so please forgive
> me for that.... i have found this mailing list by a film, called:
> "Open your eyes". In this film i heard about Life Extension and i
> searched in google. i was surprised it exists. I've never heard
> about cryonics before and life extension... i've read some stuffs on
> the website, but i haven't found about one more thing which was in
> the film: in the film they say that Life Extension can create
> virtual world and illusion for those people who want to live their
> life further from that part when they were happy. Is it true or not?
> If we decide we join to cryonics and accept everything and we been
> frozen, can it be possible that we got a virtual life a non reality
> life? can we be happy in our current life, even if that became bad?
> please give me some info about that..... Thank you.

It is impossible for a person to have any dreams, etc., while in
cryonic suspension since all biological processes have stopped.

There is a concept of "uploading" which would allow one's memories to
be transferred into an advanced computer. Once there, one could live
in a simulated reality. However, there is no science backing this
concept. The construction of such an advanced computer is beyond
current knowledge, as is the ability to transfer memories.

However, given the advance of technology, such things could be
possible in the future. The only way to get to that future, with
current technology, is cryonic suspension. Subjectively, this would be
like falling a sleep prior to a medical operation, but the recovery
room you would wake up in would be hundreds of years in the future.
Presumably, you could direct your cryonics provider to only wake you
up in a simulated reality. This would probably mean you would be in
suspension for a long time, compared to others who left no such
directive.



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