I can’t find anything implying that GF endorses cryonics as currently practiced.
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Be honest. Did you simply ctrl-F and search for his name in that article? If yes, then here is a paragraph you missed: “In 1981, an internationally renowned organ cryopreservation researcher was called into his supervisor’s office (the supervisor was also an Officer and Director of the Society) and threatened with dismissal if he continued not only his low profile association with cryonicists, but also his suspension membership. It was also pointed out to this researcher that if his association with or belief in cryonics in any way became public he would never again get grants from the NIH or other routine sources. This individual, who was already wearing his suspension bracelet on his ankle to avoid public comment, was thus faced with a terrible dilemma: a choice between his chance at continued life via cryonics, or his career.”
Assuming you won’t take the time to read that lengthy article, here is a shorter one. Look for the part about the prominent Southern California scientist recommending cryopreservation for someone severely afflicted with Alzheimer’s. Like the Cold War piece above, the Marcelon Johnson article is also written by Mike “Darwin.” If his nickname from his schoolmates irks you, then you’ll love this piece: Dr. Dave Crippen, Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Neurological Surgery at the UPMC Medical Center in Pittsburgh, compares Mike to—drum roll please—Richard Feynman. For the record, I disagree with that comparison and I think Mike disagrees too (・。・;)
Both of your “Reference?” inquiries were historically answered in the Cold War article above. Assuming you haven’t done this yet, google the words “organ cryopreservation” just for fun. Not only does Fahy’s name dominate the results, but you should also see a 1988 book by David Pegg, who was mentioned in the Cold War article. Of course, as I made clear to this Reddit user, simple googling can be misleading (I apologize to Less Wrong users for my snark at that link… I tend to get irritated by stubborn individuals...)
Well anyways, it’s impossible for me to know exactly how many organ cryopreservationists are currently in their labs—Elsevier searches do not inspire confidence—and their true views on cryonics. For example, here’s a recent article on porcine uterus cryopreservation. Who are these authors? Did they show up at the annual meeting of the Society for Cryobiology in June? And even if they did, would they admit to Ben they support cryonics in light of the Society’s strained history? Whatever the case, I always appreciated this article by Fahy, where he concludes: “Even after currently-possible manipulations of physics and biology have all been explored, nanotechnology will come into play, allowing someone to enter the field from a wholly new perspective and change the rules of the game in more radical ways than most cryobiologists living today can imagine.”
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I do disagree with the conclusion that, even if cryonics has a low probablity of success, we should do it. It is the sort of “Pascal’s mugging” argument that is not instrumentally rational.
I’m not going to argue the importance of cryonics in a comment section. I just want to focus on simpler corrections for now. Or in other words, please stop insinuating that no cryobiologists support cryonics.
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Be honest. Did you simply ctrl-F and search for his name in that article? If yes, then here is a paragraph you missed: “In 1981, an internationally renowned organ cryopreservation researcher was called into his supervisor’s office (the supervisor was also an Officer and Director of the Society) and threatened with dismissal if he continued not only his low profile association with cryonicists, but also his suspension membership. It was also pointed out to this researcher that if his association with or belief in cryonics in any way became public he would never again get grants from the NIH or other routine sources. This individual, who was already wearing his suspension bracelet on his ankle to avoid public comment, was thus faced with a terrible dilemma: a choice between his chance at continued life via cryonics, or his career.”
Assuming you won’t take the time to read that lengthy article, here is a shorter one. Look for the part about the prominent Southern California scientist recommending cryopreservation for someone severely afflicted with Alzheimer’s. Like the Cold War piece above, the Marcelon Johnson article is also written by Mike “Darwin.” If his nickname from his schoolmates irks you, then you’ll love this piece: Dr. Dave Crippen, Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Neurological Surgery at the UPMC Medical Center in Pittsburgh, compares Mike to—drum roll please—Richard Feynman. For the record, I disagree with that comparison and I think Mike disagrees too (・。・;)
Both of your “Reference?” inquiries were historically answered in the Cold War article above. Assuming you haven’t done this yet, google the words “organ cryopreservation” just for fun. Not only does Fahy’s name dominate the results, but you should also see a 1988 book by David Pegg, who was mentioned in the Cold War article. Of course, as I made clear to this Reddit user, simple googling can be misleading (I apologize to Less Wrong users for my snark at that link… I tend to get irritated by stubborn individuals...)
Well anyways, it’s impossible for me to know exactly how many organ cryopreservationists are currently in their labs—Elsevier searches do not inspire confidence—and their true views on cryonics. For example, here’s a recent article on porcine uterus cryopreservation. Who are these authors? Did they show up at the annual meeting of the Society for Cryobiology in June? And even if they did, would they admit to Ben they support cryonics in light of the Society’s strained history? Whatever the case, I always appreciated this article by Fahy, where he concludes: “Even after currently-possible manipulations of physics and biology have all been explored, nanotechnology will come into play, allowing someone to enter the field from a wholly new perspective and change the rules of the game in more radical ways than most cryobiologists living today can imagine.”
XD
I’m not going to argue the importance of cryonics in a comment section. I just want to focus on simpler corrections for now. Or in other words, please stop insinuating that no cryobiologists support cryonics.