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June 29

The list of all the reproaches against cryonics

Hello, I apologize for the inconvenience, but I'd like to know the list of things that the scientific community criticizes about current cryonics, please. I know that there's the excessive deterioration of neurons, the failure to preserve the excitability threshold of synapses; moreover, there's a hypothesis according to which a certain structure of molecules inside synapses must also be preserved (as we're not sure that this hypothesis is false, we'll have to converse with it as a precaution) ; and else...? 78.240.199.90 (talk) 16:01, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor: The section at Cryonics#Obstacles to success has quite a lot of criticisms. Other contributors here may suggest more. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:58, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If the business is not strongly regulated, with good oversight, any bunch of con artists can start a cryonics firm, swearing by all that is holy that they are industriously and meticulously applying best practice using the most advanced science and technology this side of the Milky Way, while not doing much more than keeping up an impressive Potemkin village.  ​‑‑Lambiam 17:41, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• There is no inconvenience, OP. We invite questions such as yours. Rest easy. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:40, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]