[ExI] Ultra-cryonics

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:51:01PM +0000, Anders Sandberg wrote:
> On 19/03/2013 11:41, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:11:34AM +0000, Anders Sandberg wrote:
>>
>>> Chemical reaction rates follow the Arrhenius equation, r=A*exp(-E/kT),
>> Beyond glass point they don't, since reactive moities are locked
>> in the matrix. See argon matrix for an analogous system.
>
> Do we have any data on how reaction rates behave in the locked state?

Devitrification rate much below T_g is effectively zero. 
Of course there are adjacent species, and especially
unsaturated lipids in the lipid bilayer might e.g. do
radical polymerization, unless you quench radicals
with suitable antioxidants (typically, given during
suspension protocol).

Also I don't think that radiation damage or (slow)
chemical reactions have an impact on resuscitation, 
given that resuscitation of the actual physical system
appears sufficiently difficult so that it's likely
only being used as a template, with much of the work
occuring in the digital domain, or entirely in in
the digital domain.