[extropy-chat] transhumanist nut jobs

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 07:14:31AM -0400, Robert Bradbury wrote:
> 
> I've been aware of this work for the last few months.  Interesting that it is
> largely the military that is funding it.  If they put people with battlefield

Of course the military (which was very interested in what 21CM was doing,
and politely, but firmly, was told to go elsewhere) is very interested in 
limiting own fatalities, most often by exsanguination in the field. Hypothermia 
can make the golden hour last half a day.

> injuries into suspended animation to allow for extended repair procedures the
> body bag count is likely to decrease.  I would anticipate the next area they
> would be interested in funding should be limb regrowth.
> 
> Now of course this just takes us a step further down the slippery slope of "I'm
> not dead yet!"
> 
> The question really becomes, how far will the envelope be pushed?  I'm
> undecided as to whether pureeing my brain in a blender on low speed or dropping
> my frozen brain on the floor will actually manage to make me really and truly
> dead.  The whole incineration at several thousand degrees thingy seems like
> such a waste of energy.

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