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[Rib Jig]

If one is lucky enough in 21st century to live

to point where "natural" dementia begins,

say, age ?85-90?, what legal strategy can they

employ to be cryonically preserved before

further deterioration?  Does dementia cause

irreversible "data" loss, or is it just data

blockage that future scientific advances

will resolve??

[Danail Bulgaria]

Neurons die, and their connections are being destroyed, so the data loss should be irreversible. There is some hope that in the future the data lost in the brain can be restored by calculations. An user, named @the hanged man can describe it to you better than me.

 

A legal strategy will be to be prove, that cryonics is not killing. In the modern law authrities, since there is no cryopreserved people brought back to life, it is viewed as a killing, if you do it to some one, who is alive. You can legally do it to death people only. If someone proves, that cryonics is not killing (e.g. that the cryopreservation of people is reversible), then cryonizing yourself before death should be made legal.

[ceridwen]

It doesn't stop the actual thought of dying or the dying process any less frightening though

[ceridwen]

I think it's just data blockage even though nerves are being destroyed. Can't explain why. Maybe that's the early stages MCI. Maybe later data is actually completely destroyed. One probably doesn't notice that when it happens
because one is too far gone

[Rib Jig]

Today's News:

CA passes law allowing doctors to end life of terminally ill.

If a law defined dementia-senility as terminal illness...!!!!!

[Antonio2014]

I watched it on TV today. Maybe it's time for Alcor to return to California.

[Danail Bulgaria]

In medical terms " terminally ill" is a patient, who will surely, 100% certainly die in several days maximum.

 

I am not sure if the (age related) dementia will be considered as such a deadly condition in the terms of the law.

[Antonio2014]

In medical terms " terminally ill" is a patient, who will surely, 100% certainly die in several days maximum.

 

It's six months in this case. At least, they said that on TV.

[Rib Jig]

An interesting point on Alcor's public forum

bring up a cryonic Catch 22:

 

The longer one lives into senior years,

the greater the chance & degree of dementia,

but the more advanced the cryonics

preservation techniques available!!!!!!!!!!!

 

(assumes ongoing yearly scientific advances)