You say cryonics uses vitrification. Is that true? I thought people want to use vitrification, not that they’d figured out how to avoid freezing.
most people assume it does because they only know about cryonics — er, I mean, “cryogenics” — from Austin Powers and Futurama and Batman and other popular fiction where it’s either a comedic trope or a villainous thing the villain does
Changing society is a villainous thing the villain does. Being smart is a villainous thing the villain does. The superhero/villain trope reveals a deep prejudice against thought.
Vitrification (not freezing) can preserve biological structure very well. Adding high concentrations of chemicals called cryoprotectants to cells permits tissue to be cooled to very low temperatures with little or no ice formation. The state of no ice formation at temperatures below −120°C is called vitrification. It is now possible to physically vitrify organs as large as the human brain, achieving excellent structural preservation without freezing.
Sounds plausible.
You say cryonics uses vitrification. Is that true? I thought people want to use vitrification, not that they’d figured out how to avoid freezing.
Changing society is a villainous thing the villain does. Being smart is a villainous thing the villain does. The superhero/villain trope reveals a deep prejudice against thought.
http://www.alcor.org/AboutCryonics/