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by jordansparks
Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:01 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: I'm Not Dead Yet!
Replies: 0
Views: 44692

I'm Not Dead Yet!

This is a response to the following article which was just reposted by Aschwin de Wolf: http://www.evidencebasedcryonics.org/2017/04/01/im-not-dead-yet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DepressedMetabolism+%28Institute+for+Evidence-Based+Cryonics%29 But of course t...
by jordansparks
Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:16 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: The Case for Brain Cryopreservation
Replies: 2
Views: 15633

The Case for Brain Cryopreservation

Aschwin de Wolf has reposted an article from 2014: http://www.evidencebasedcryonics.org/2017/03/27/the-case-for-brain-cryopreservation/ Now that I have experience with the removal of dozens of brains, I have a lot to say about this article. Brain removal is not a good idea in traditional cryonics. I...
by jordansparks
Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:59 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Singularity
Replies: 2
Views: 14521

Re: Singularity

Kurzweil just gave an interview: https://futurism.com/kkurzweil-claims-that-the-singularity-will-happen-by-2029/ His new definition of the singularity (there are many shifting variations) is the point at which some computers could achieve roughly human-level intelligence. Well, that would be a miles...
by jordansparks
Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:02 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Tissue cryopreservation with inductive heating
Replies: 8
Views: 33858

Re: Tissue cryopreservation with inductive heating

There is a fallacy in argument called appeal to authority. It does not apply in this case because the authorities in question are experts on this topic. Now, I'm not aware of anyone having done a poll of the experts to see what their actual opinion of suspended animation is. If some of the experts t...
by jordansparks
Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:34 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Tissue cryopreservation with inductive heating
Replies: 8
Views: 33858

Re: Tissue cryopreservation with inductive heating

Thank you for your thoughtful post. On any given highly specialized topic like this, there are only a handful of scientific experts in the world who deeply understand the topic. They have spent their entire lives learning all the nuances of the topic from all angles. Deep understanding matters. Thei...
by jordansparks
Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:44 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Cannulation
Replies: 3
Views: 21630

Cannulation

Cannulation refers to the surgical procedure of inserting a cannula (tube) into a major artery. This then allows various solutions and chemicals to be perfused (pumped) into the circulatory system. Cannulation remains our most urgent unsolved problem. We've spent years working on this problem, and i...
by jordansparks
Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:39 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Tissue cryopreservation with inductive heating
Replies: 8
Views: 33858

Tissue cryopreservation with inductive heating

This paper was published today: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/379/eaah4586.full I have been skeptical that it might be possible to develop organ banking technology, and I have been vocal about my skepticism. After reading this paper, I will now admit that organ banking is theoretically possibl...
by jordansparks
Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:51 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Small planes
Replies: 3
Views: 19333

Small planes

As part of my presentation at Laughlin a few years ago, I talked about using small planes to create a regional cryonics service. Shortly after that talk, I finished some advanced pilot training and got my instrument rating so that I could be just a few hours from any patient in need, between Seattle...
by jordansparks
Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:18 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Dr. Jose Cordeiro
Replies: 0
Views: 44650

Dr. Jose Cordeiro

Dr. Jose Cordeiro just gave a talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vyw34o7KLo At 26:38 in the video, the three laws of the future were shown from Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Let's add another one. When someone says a fantastic new technology is coming in only 20 years, he is almost certainly wrong. Inst...
by jordansparks
Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:12 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Singularity
Replies: 2
Views: 14521

Singularity

The term "singularity" has been used quite a bit recently to describe a supposed runaway technological growth due to an AI. It's complete nonsense with no good supporting evidence. It seems to be based loosely on Kurzweil's exponential growth graphs or on Moore's Law. In the real world, gr...
by jordansparks
Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:32 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: RAAD Festival
Replies: 1
Views: 14684

RAAD Festival

RAAD Fest 2017 is being promoted, and it makes me sick. What a bunch of suckers. http://raadfest.com/ To be absolutely clear, there are ZERO life extension technologies currently available. So here's how they advertise it: "Learn everything from the latest life extension science, to how to stre...
by jordansparks
Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:54 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Dr. Michio Kaku
Replies: 0
Views: 43648

Dr. Michio Kaku

New conversation was posted with Dr. Michio Kaku, regarding digital immortality: http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5271009970001/?#sp=show-clips Dr. Kaku has discussed cryonics in the past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUjWcOGb8AE His critique on cryonics was basically correct if you assume he was o...
by jordansparks
Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:35 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Community and volunteers
Replies: 0
Views: 41397

Community and volunteers

I've pretty much given up on forming any sort of "community". For a while, it seemed like a good idea. Having lots of people around might allow us to get more done. These people might help build things or volunteer during cases. Unfortunately, that vision of community now seems unworkable ...
by jordansparks
Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:02 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB)
Replies: 0
Views: 43653

American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB)

The article in Quartz https://qz.com/914490/theres-a-completely-legal-reason-this-american-dentist-has-an-office-full-of-human-heads/ discusses the AATB, but it leaves out some of the nuances. The AATB started out strictly to regulate the industry that handles tissue for transplantation into living ...
by jordansparks
Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:21 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Article in Quartz
Replies: 0
Views: 35106

Article in Quartz

This article came out today: https://qz.com/914490/theres-a-completely-legal-reason-this-american-dentist-has-an-office-full-of-human-heads/ Overall, I found it well researched and well written. The title is slightly inaccurate for the presumed purpose of baiting people into clicking on it. That's f...
by jordansparks
Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:21 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Suggestion/Hospitals/Cryonics Patients in their new own facilities/hospitals in their future
Replies: 6
Views: 26651

Re: Suggestion

No. Please quit posting "brainstorming" suggestions. Maybe just quit posting at all.
by jordansparks
Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:06 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Fees
Replies: 5
Views: 27091

Re: Fees

Home page has now been updated to reflect that preservation quality is currently unvalidated and not very good for all cryonics providers. Once we have even just a little bit of evidence of decent preservation, we will be more interested in membership issues.
by jordansparks
Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:47 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Fees
Replies: 5
Views: 27091

Re: Fees

We hope that our cost of cryopreservation is low enough to be affordable. If not, we are continuing to work on less expensive options. Good perfusion will be a requirement for both standard cryopreservation and for any cheaper options. We still haven't demonstrated acceptable preservation quality wi...
by jordansparks
Sat Apr 02, 2016 1:08 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Aldehyde Stabilized Cryopreservation
Replies: 9
Views: 38265

Re: Aldehyde Stabilized Cryopreservation

Cracking happens during cooling and would be noticed immediately without waiting. So this procedure completely avoids cracking. We think, although there is still some uncertainty, that all current cryonics patients so far have undergone cracking. This includes the Alcor patients stored in Intermedia...
by jordansparks
Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:09 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Dewar lid needs paint
Replies: 4
Views: 25138

Dewar lid needs paint

The TV interview went fine except for one problem: they decided to zoom in on the dewar lid that needed paint. I was mortified, but had no control. Needless to say, I'm painting lids today.
by jordansparks
Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:07 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Aldehyde Stabilized Cryopreservation
Replies: 9
Views: 38265

Re: Aldehyde Stabilized Cryopreservation

I changed the name of your post from "a new cryoprotectant" to "Aldehyde Stabilized Cryopreservation". Yes, it's very exciting, and clearly has profound implications for all cryonics service providers. My main hesitation is that it was an ideal scenario, and no experiments have b...
by jordansparks
Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:16 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Third patient
Replies: 1
Views: 17618

Third patient

The third patient has arrived and is in refrigerated storage. We are beginning the months-long cryoprotectant ramp in preparation for storage in LN2.
http://www.oregoncryo.com/caseReport3.html
by jordansparks
Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:12 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Russian Medical Facility
Replies: 1
Views: 17534

Russian Medical Facility

I see in this article http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d634e198-a435-11e5-873f-68411a84f346.html that Kriorus is "moving to a new 3,300 square metre facility", which is 35,521 sf. They would only need 5,000 to 10,000 sf, so this is too big. It doesn't make sense until you notice that they are tal...
by jordansparks
Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:29 am
Forum: Forum
Topic: Welcome
Replies: 8
Views: 44368

Re: Welcome

Are you aware that, no matter which company you sign up with, your service will be very poor in Canada?
http://www.oregoncryo.com/canada.html
by jordansparks
Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:15 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Fees
Replies: 5
Views: 27091

Re: Fees

Thanks. Both links were old. I edited the original message to just show the one current link.
by jordansparks
Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:20 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Welcome
Replies: 8
Views: 44368

Re: Welcome

You can always see how many patients we have by going to the Case Reports page at the bottom of the About OC page. 2 patients, and one more arriving shortly. As for members, we have been sort of discouraging people from signing up unless they are local or have no other options. We would rather get o...
by jordansparks
Tue Dec 08, 2015 1:50 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Phone number
Replies: 5
Views: 29998

Re: Phone number

OK, the new phone number is live and posted. 1-800-CRYO-334 (279-6334). You can call it, but just don't hit 0 to get to operator unless you mean it.
by jordansparks
Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:08 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Phone number
Replies: 5
Views: 29998

Re: Phone number

Mark seems to be quite insistent about this, so I'll cave. I'll start working on getting manned posted emergency numbers.
by jordansparks
Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:33 pm
Forum: Forum
Topic: Fees
Replies: 5
Views: 27091

Fees

Our fees have been raised. This allows us to put the same level of funding into our Patient Care Fund as Alcor does into their PCT. But since we only store the brain, our overall fees are still able to be lower. http://www.oregoncryo.com/services.html We are now also recommending refrigeration for t...