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The future of Alcor

Alcor’s recent news item about its 2009 Annual Board Meeting and Strategic Meeting contains a number of encouraging statements. On the front of institutional reform,

September 22, 2009December 17, 2018 by Aschwin de Wolf6 Min Reading
Cryonics, Death

Baby boomers confront the reaper

One question that is going to be of great interest is how aging baby boomers will confront aging and death. Where previous generations have found

September 16, 2009December 17, 2018 by Aschwin de Wolf3 Min Reading
Cryonics, Science

The 2009 SENS Conference

Once a year I try to attend at least one biogerontology conference. Although I attend biogerontology conferences out of personal interest, and at my own

September 13, 2009 by Ben Best7 Min Reading
Cryonics, Neuroscience, Science

Revival of cryonics patients literature

There is a growing literature that discusses the technical aspects of revival of cryonics patients. The following list of the published literature was compiled by

September 10, 2009 by Aschwin de Wolf2 Min Reading
Arts & Living, Cryonics, Death, Science

Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator and the science of cryonics

This past weekend Motel X, the Lisbon (Portugal) International Horror festival, had its third anniversary. It is one of the smaller international horror festivals around,

September 8, 2009December 17, 2018 by Veronique Struis2 Min Reading
Cryonics

"Scientific Justification of Cryonics Practice" in Russian

Danila Medvedev has translated Ben Best’s  article “Scientific Justification of Cryonics Practice” into Russian. The translation is available on the KrioRus website. The original Engish

September 2, 2009 by Aschwin de Wolf2 Min Reading
Cryonics

Lifequest

Back in the late 1980’s, from Lake Tahoe, we published seven issues of short stories devoted to cryonics and where that might lead, primarily to uploading and

August 21, 2009December 17, 2018 by Fred and Linda Chamberlain2 Min Reading
Cryonics

Two cryonics meetings in Oregon

There will be two cryonics meetings in Oregon this weekend. Eugene area cryonics meet-up: Saturday August 15th 5:00pm Cozmic Pizza (coffee, salads, wine, beer and

August 13, 2009December 17, 2018 by Aschwin de Wolf1 Min Reading
Cryonics, Death

Cryonics and philosophy of science

The 2008-3 issue of Alcor’s Cryonics Magazine contains a number of articles about the pitfalls of (excessive) scientific optimism and its potential adverse effects on

July 30, 2009 by Aschwin de Wolf2 Min Reading
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Scientific Optimism and Progress in Cryonics

“It is a strange matter of fact that those who watch and admire scientific research from the outside frequently have more confidence in its results

July 20, 2009January 20, 2019 by Aschwin de Wolf11 Min Reading
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