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6 – Cryonics

The Bayesian Conspiracy

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Cryonics: The Least Possible Reason to Reject It

Some people think that the hormones and chemicals in your brain is a very big part of what makes you you. And since cryopreservation doesn't preserve that, it only preserves the structure of your neurons that it wouldn't be you. Even today we can correct hormone problems. So if that's doable today, when we- when I think future scientists will look back and be amazed at how little idea we had of what we were doing when we were doing medicine, I think there's every reason to suspect that in the future they'll have a perfect cocktail to put you either right back how you were or better than where you were.

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