information-theoretic death en · NOUN
Etymology
From information theory + -ic + death, based on clinical death. Coined by American cryptographer and cryonicist Ralph Merkle.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) 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.
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Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| information-theoretic deaths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |