What about freezing damage?
With standard cryonic procedures,
ice crystals form between the cells.
Vitrification on the other hand retards the
formation of ice crystals.
Don't you just have a
strawberry mush?
This
as well as the "hamburger" analogy is
erroneous. The can (in this case,
the dewar) isn't going to be opened just
yet. Cryonics provides the means to get a
person to a time when medical technology can
repair and revive the person. (PERIOD).
What's up with drilling holes in the head?
These are very small holes. The purpose is to
check the cryoprotectant in the brain, and to
facilitate temperature probes.
What's this about the head cracking up?
The cracks are miniscule fractures caused by
thermal stress.
Why hang them upside down like bats in a
cave?
Whole body patients are inserted into the dewar
in a head down position. This adds a safety
precaution should the liquid Nitrogen supply
leak. The head will be the last thing to be
exposed. Remember the brain is the most
important part of a person.
What's going to put the Humpty Dumpty
snowman back together again?
More than likely it will be mature level
nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is now in
its infancy.
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