changeset 163:3547c072c29f

more info for the cryonics links.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:52:01 -0700
parents bdeaad2b1507
children 7a6b855cfb99
files org/cryonics-links.org
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     1.4    - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/content-2/overcoming-objections/][Overcoming Objections to Brain Preservation]] :: In-depth discussion
     1.5         of common objections to brain preservation.
     1.6  
     1.7 +  - [[http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/micrographs.html][Alcor's electron micrographs]] :: These are electron micrographs of
     1.8 +       rabbit brains which were preserved under ideal clinical
     1.9 +       settings using a protocol very similar to the one Alcor
    1.10 +       uses. Compare to the electron micrographs available at [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open
    1.11 +       Connectome]].
    1.12  
    1.13  * Introduction to Neuroscience / Personal Identity
    1.14  
    1.15 @@ -43,6 +48,9 @@
    1.16    - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_boyden?language=en][Ed Boyden's TED talk]] :: Ed Boyden, who invented optogenetics,
    1.17         talks about controlling neurons with light.
    1.18  
    1.19 +  - [[http://cogprints.org/266/1/selfctr.htm][Self as a Center of Narrative Gravity]] :: Some good philosophy by
    1.20 +       Daniel Dennet on how our understanding of "self" might work.
    1.21 +
    1.22    - [[http://connectomethebook.com/][Connectome]] :: A book written by Sebastian the serves as a layman's
    1.23         introduction to neuroscience. Reviews the history of
    1.24         neuroscience, our models of the brain, and even mentions
    1.25 @@ -52,7 +60,7 @@
    1.26         connectome.
    1.27  
    1.28    - [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open Connectome]] :: Place to see really cool partial connectome
    1.29 -       datasets.
    1.30 +        datasets.
    1.31  
    1.32    - [[http://www.openworm.org/][Open Worm]] :: Stephen Larson's ambitious project to simulate the
    1.33         entire connectome of a whole /C. elegans/.
    1.34 @@ -62,6 +70,17 @@
    1.35  
    1.36  * [[http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html][Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]]
    1.37  
    1.38 +* Miscellaneous Links
    1.39 +
    1.40 +  - [[http://logical.ai/entitle/org/fables.html][The Bright Fables]] :: Whimsical stories about life and death, with
    1.41 +       a life-positive perspective. By Dylan Holmes.
    1.42 +
    1.43 +  - [[http://logical.ai/songularity/org/playlist.html][Songs for Life]] :: Collection of life-positive songs.
    1.44 +
    1.45 +  - [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199][The Immortalist]] :: BBC documentary about mind-uploading
    1.46 +       research. I'm in it briefly!
    1.47 +
    1.48 +
    1.49  #+BEGIN_HTML
    1.50  	    <p class="description">
    1.51  	      A brain-banking technology that can preserve all of the
    1.52 @@ -124,14 +143,3 @@
    1.53  
    1.54  #+END_HTML  
    1.55  
    1.56 -
    1.57 -* Miscellaneous Links
    1.58 -
    1.59 -  - [[http://logical.ai/entitle/org/fables.html][The Bright Fables]] :: Whimsical stories about life and death, with
    1.60 -       a life-positive perspective. By Dylan Holmes.
    1.61 -
    1.62 -  - [[http://logical.ai/songularity/org/playlist.html][Songs for Life]] :: Collection of life-positive songs.
    1.63 -
    1.64 -  - [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199][The Immortalist]] :: BBC documentary about mind-uploading
    1.65 -       research. I'm in it briefly!
    1.66 -