[extropy-chat] Cryonics questions...

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 12:54:36AM -0400, Heartland wrote:
> Anna:

Anna: don't listen to him, he's confused.

> > Is mind solely information and is the brain just
> > matter?
> 
> The physical essence of mind is an activity of matter in time and space. 
> Information cannot store activity itself while static matter by itself isn't 
> activity so a frozen, static brain matter plus information about the structure of 
> that brain is not enough to preserve an instance of a mind because laws of physics 
> simply do not allow it. It's not a conventional view even among transhumanists, but 
> I'm confident that with time it will be accepted as an undisputed fact.
> 
> Even though an *instance* of mind cannot be preserved, cryonics should be able to 
> preserve the *type* of the mind. You just need to decide what's more important to 
> you, your type or your instance. If it's type then I think it would be a good idea 
> to sign up for suspension. If it's instance, then I'm afraid that time travel 
> technology is the only hope.

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