Book Review: Freezing People is (Not) Easy

post by J Thomas Moros (J_Thomas_Moros) · 2017-03-30T03:53:20.214Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 4 comments

This is a link post for http://ferocioustruth.com/2017/review-freezing-people-is-not-easy/

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comment by J Thomas Moros (J_Thomas_Moros) · 2017-03-30T03:54:43.316Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

This is a review of the book Review: Freezing People is (Not) Easy by Bob Nelson. The book recounts his experiences as president of the Cryonics Society of California during which he cryopreserved and then attempted (and failed) to maintain the cryopreservation of a number of early cryonics patients.

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↑ comment by gwern · 2017-03-30T16:02:11.917Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Better known as "the Chatsworth disaster".

comment by Elo · 2017-03-30T06:45:15.264Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Amazing and sad story. Maybe a tale of how to not set things up if you are in need of long term success.

comment by username2 · 2017-03-30T05:19:41.146Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

This book is the best argument I know for the professionalism of Alcor over the affordability of CI.