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- Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:31 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: Helping the cryonics cause
- Replies: 16
- Views: 40735
Re: Helping the cryonics cause
Hypothetical conversation, 5-8 years ago: Steve Graber: "Max, how can I do something for cryonics? Can I volunteer?" Max More: "NO! GO AWAY! NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING FOR CRYONICS! KEEP YOUR CURRENT JOB AND MAKE MONEY TO SURVIVE!" Bam. The most productive engineer at Alcor chased aw...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:20 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: Helping the cryonics cause
- Replies: 16
- Views: 40735
Re: Helping the cryonics cause
DataPacRat, I completely underwrite that theory explicitly and employ this on a daily basis by hiring every best expert for every possible position, and not doing such myself when I don't have the particular expertise. Yet, the problem in cryonics is, on a global scale, ~nobody is an expert in cryon...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:51 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: Helping the cryonics cause
- Replies: 16
- Views: 40735
Re: Helping the cryonics cause
Imagine if Aubrey de Grey had setup a forum and had written what you just wrote, do you estimate any useful technology and science developing towards the goal of slowing or ending aging would have happened? Ofcourse not. Even if the goal is your own survival, you have to pull in others to create exp...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:48 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: No Bay Area Office
- Replies: 6
- Views: 22452
Re: No Bay Area Office
Competition boosts progress. Hence "1,000 cryonicists working full time at Alcor or CI improving capabilities" would IMO produce results much slower than the other alternative presented. Once a field has active competition, people are forced to keep developing and making things better to r...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:42 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: ASC vs. O.C. $1K aldehyde bath + molecular brain scan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 58997
Re: ASC vs. O.C. $1K aldehyde bath + molecular brain scan
Which of these do you think aids antigravity R&D towards eventual fully functional antigravity the quickest? .- 1,000 scientists working full time on improving and promoting antigravity science; or .- 1,000 scientists working full time on improving and promoting aerospace engineering The winner...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:36 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: Helping the cryonics cause
- Replies: 16
- Views: 40735
Re: Helping the cryonics cause
I usually tell people to quit their current day-time job, if they can afford it. The people who've made improvements to cryonics in the past and still do, are the ones who devoted 40-100% of their productive hours to it. Background is not very important, as it can be anything from design, outreach, ...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 7:12 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: ASC vs. O.C. $1K aldehyde bath + molecular brain scan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 58997
Re: ASC vs. O.C. $1K aldehyde bath + molecular brain scan
The success of any field in general, I think, depends mainly on the amount of minds focussed on it in parallel. To take a situation to it's extreme: Which of these do you think aids cryonics R&D towards eventual fully reversible human suspended animation the quickest? .- 1,000 cryonicists workin...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 7:03 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: No Bay Area Office
- Replies: 6
- Views: 22452
Re: No Bay Area Office
The success of any field in general, I think, depends mainly on the amount of minds focussed on it in parallel. To take a situation to it's extreme: Which of these do you think aids cryonics R&D the most over the long term? .- 200 groups of five cryonicists working full time around the world imp...
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 12:37 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: ASC vs. O.C. $1K aldehyde bath + molecular brain scan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 58997
Re: ASC vs. O.C. $1K aldehyde bath
Although I'm not a supporter of the ASC and/or uploading approaches, I can imagine that "scanning tissue on the molecular scale" in ~50 years would simply mean an injection of nanoscale robots which work their way through tissue and independantly transmit what structure they come across, t...
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 1:51 pm
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: Higher concentration of cryoprotectant
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14868
Re: Higher concentration of cryoprotectant
I concur, this could be another serious concern that needs some added research. Thank you for raising the issue.
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:50 pm
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: Higher concentration of cryoprotectant
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14868
Re: Higher concentration of cryoprotectant
50/50 Ethylene glycol / DMSO: 5% increments, cooled to -80°C. Concentrations of 55% and below were frozen, while 100% was partly frozen. Ranges from 60% to 95% remained clear and syrupy, not very viscous at all. -80°C is just not cold enough. Did you, coincidentially, also leave these vials at -80C...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 1:22 am
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: Intermediate Temperature Storage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22194
Re: Intermediate Temperature Storage
Interesting. Perhaps a specially (industry)designed vacuum-insulated sealed polymer/fiber container around each specimen? This might provide the most insulation vs. space benefit compared to traditional insulation such as XPS. Where does the LN2(l) go, is it at the bottom of the actual storage area,...
- Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:34 pm
- Forum: Forum
- Topic: Intermediate Temperature Storage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22194
Re: Intermediate Temperature Storage
Hi Jordan,
Does your new ITS unit maintain a homogenous temperature throughout the vertical space of the dewar, and if so, how does it do this? And what are the critical electronic parts in the ITS that could cause a failure and temperature rise, besides the thermostat?
Does your new ITS unit maintain a homogenous temperature throughout the vertical space of the dewar, and if so, how does it do this? And what are the critical electronic parts in the ITS that could cause a failure and temperature rise, besides the thermostat?