information-theoretic death
nounEtymology
From information theory + -ic + death, based on clinical death. Coined by American cryptographer and cryonicist Ralph Merkle.
Definitions
The point at which a person's unique memories and individual personality traits are no…
The point at which a person's unique memories and individual personality traits are no longer present in a form that could be read or inferred by future technologies; the complete loss of the information that defines an individual.
- Information-theoretic death occurs several hours following clinical death. Dying is a process, and in the ideal case cryonics intervention procedures begin immediately after the heart stops beating and prior to brain death.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for information-theoretic death. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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