On 3/16/2003 7:00:59 PM, Charity Wightman
wrote:
>The spiritual
>side of cryonics would leave
>for a definite denial of the
>theory to work.

Frozen worms, insects, frogs and human embryos
come back to life after being frozen on a regular
basis. Fully grown mammals and humans have
been dead for hours at low temperatures and
revived. What evidence is there for the soul
beyond ancient texts, the subjective experiences
of individuals?

>Then would the freezing of our
>bodies only result the
>preservation of a body without
>soul.

>Chop
>my head off, freeze that so
>some day I can transplant that
>brain into a genetically
>engineered body, and somehow
>miraculously I will be aware.

A cryonicist would say that if all the structures of
your brain were intact or repaired by
nanotechnology, it would be a miracle if you were
NOT aware. Organ transplants are done every
day. The brain just happens to be the most
complicated organ in the body, so it's not
surprising that learning how to transplant it will
take some time.

Prof. Borrowdale
borrowdalej@lanecc.edu