SOCIAL: Tech legislation: Anti-cryonics move in AZ
Gina Miller
Here's an attempt to regulate a technology out of existence, or
at least make it leave the state... with advanced nanotech being seen as
similary weird/icky/dangerous in some circles, what does this imply for
the progress of nanotech? For more information on the cryonics law,
including a call for political action that the newsgroup charter
prevents me from posting here, see
http://www.alcor.org/legislativealert.html
Thanks to those who know for the rewording of this message.
Thank you, Gina Miller
Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
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Robert V Hill
"Gina Miller" <nano...@halcyon.com> wrote in message
news:c1c58...@enews3.newsguy.com...
I believe those that believe in cryonics believe in a pipe dream, dead is
dead. Once the brain stop working, the mind is gone. Whether you believe in
a soul or not, in order to keep the mind alive the brain must keep working.
In other words freezing the brain may save the brain, but I believe it kills
the mind.
[ Moderator's note: This response and likely replies fall outside the scope
of this group's charter and focus. But I'll allow one rebuttal post (if
any are sent; I'll select only one if more than one arrive) - all other
replies on the subject of the permanence of brain death will be redirected
to the newsgroup sci.cryonics. -JimL ]
Joann Evans
Mind and memory (except short-term ones) don't appear to depend on
constant electrical activity in the brain, as certain kinds of brain
surgury requiring cooling (albeit not freezing) and intentionally
flatlining patients for almost an hour, would suggest.
> [ Moderator's note: This response and likely replies fall outside the scope
> of this group's charter and focus. But I'll allow one rebuttal post (if
> any are sent; I'll select only one if more than one arrive) - all other
> replies on the subject of the permanence of brain death will be redirected
> to the newsgroup sci.cryonics. -JimL ]
Agreed.
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You know what to remove, to reply....
[ Moderator's note: And that's the last post I'm afraid I can allow on this
interesting, but off topic, subject. -JimL ]