information-theoretic death

== English == === Etymology === From information theory +‎ -ic +‎ death, based on clinical death. Coined by American cryptographer and cryonicist Ralph Merkle. === Noun === information-theoretic death (usually uncountable, plural information-theoretic deaths) 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.