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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Are You Really Sure You Want to Die? A Response and Commentary on the Inevitability of Aging and Death
By Mike Darwin A short while ago the comment appeared on a medical list serve where I post in response to the article “Going, Going, Gone…” which appeared here on Chronosphere about brain aging and the need to develop effective … Continue reading
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Question: How did God create heaven and earth? Answer: God created heaven and earth from nothing by His word only; that is, by a single act of His all-powerful will. Question: Why did God make you? Answer: God made me … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda, Philosophy
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Status Report: 15 July, 2011
One of the unfortunate things about being as isolated as I am from easy dialogue with others (something much of the cryonics community suffers from) is that I don’t have much opportunity to sit around and verbally discuss the meaning … Continue reading
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suPAR Power: A rapid, inexpensive, highly accurate method of predicting all-cause and disease specific mortality
By Mike Darwin Introduction: The Magical Biomarker As I was leaving the conference exhibitors area, I was waylaid by Dr. Veerappan Chithambaram, the conference organizer. “Mike, there is someone I think you should talk to. I don’t know exactly why, … Continue reading
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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 6
Figure 1: Corporations were created by people to be potentially immortal, and yet, on average, they have life spans much shorter than people. Very interestingly, they have about the same maximum life span as people: ~120 years. By Mike Darwin … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics History, Cryonics Philosophy, Economics
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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 5
By Mike Darwin Figure 1: Cryonics, a bridge to tomorrow, or snow choked catastrophe in the making? Failure: What is the Really Big Risk? What I have had to say in the four articles in this series to date has … Continue reading
Status Report: 08 July, 2011
As a scientist I am keenly interested in the outcome of my experiments. As a cryonicist I’m even more keenly interested in the outcome of Chronosphere, because I believe that a paradigm shift in cryonics is essential to its success, … Continue reading
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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 4
By Mike Darwin Introduction The principal reason that I have told the story here of the latter day Laputa’s is not because it so technologically amazing, but rather because it so fundamentally prosaic. The story of the Cold War is … Continue reading
In Camera Historia: Air Hearse, 1974
10 February, 1974 “Air Hearse” I was 19 years old and I had never flown in a light aircraft before. I had had very little sleep for the three days prior to the start of the flight. “Gasoline rationing” was … Continue reading
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In Camera Historia: Audrey U. Smith, (1915–1981)
Audrey U. Smith, circa 1960s Audrey U. Smith (1915–1981), the mother of Cryobiology, was born in India on 21 May 1915. She was educated King’s College, London (first-class B.Sc., 1935); Bedford College for Women (first-class B.Sc. in physiology, 1936); registered … Continue reading
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