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About That Brain-Freezing Cryonics Story in the New York Times | MIT Technology Review

TL;DR: there are big gaps in the promise that we could re-animate or upload a frozen brain.

It is this purposeful conflation of what is theoretically conceivable with what is ever practically possible that exploits people’s vulnerability.

Source: About That Brain-Freezing Cryonics Story in the New York Times | MIT Technology Review

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