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aurellem

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    Comment #31333688

    We had a few approaches, happy to discuss directly if you email info [at] nectome [dot] com.

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    Comment #17544008

    Yes, this is an important advance in the field. Google's been working on this for the past few years after convincing Viren Jain ( https://www.janelia.org/our-research/former-labs/…

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    Comment #16750282

    First off, again we are currently conducting research and are not preserving people. Our early supporters have shown their support for Nectome’s research through fully refundable d…

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    Comment #16750257

    We’re proud of the progress we’ve made so far—demonstrating that the ultrastructure (connectome) is preserved. The connectome is a necessary starting point upon which models of the…

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    Comment #16750246

    > If you look at the pictures it can barely capture the synapses Electron micrographs vary quite a bit in quality (good micrographs are an art), but if you can barely see the synap…

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    Comment #16750221

    The process is described in the science paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001122401... , and also at the Brain Preservation Foundation website ( http://ww…

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    Comment #16750205

    Nectome is still in the research stage, so we are not preserving anyone. If you'd like to learn more about how the preservation process works, check out the paper at https://www.sc…

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    Comment #16749975

    It's important to understand first of all that Nectome is not currently preserving brains in a clinical setting. We are still very firmly in the research phase of building a brain …

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    Comment #16577920

    If you want to get into some of the literature around mind uploading, I'd start with some of Daniel Dennett's work such as "Consciousness Explained". If you think that it's possibl…