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Dr. Crippen on Mr. Darwin*
By introduction, I am Dave Crippen, MD, Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Neurological Surgery at the UPMC Medical Center in Pittsburgh. Some of you may know me. I’m the moderator for 18 years duration of CCM-L, the International Critical … Continue reading
Cryonics: An Historical Failure Analysis, Lecture 2: Inherent Failure Mechanisms and Risks, Part 3
THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE SLIDE 137 Alcor had achieved an exponential rate of membership growth by the time Jerry Leaf was cryopreserved. Since that time, there has been only modest growth of membership and in fact, in the years since … Continue reading
Cryonics: An Historical Failure Analysis, Lecture 2: Inherent Failure Mechanisms and Risks, Part 2
By Mike Darwin CRYONICS’ THIRD ERA: 1981-1991 EVIDENCE-BASED, MEDICALLY- MODELED, RESEARCH- DRIVEN SLIDE 119 In January of 1980 I had the good fortune to perform two human cryopreservations back-to-back with Jerry Leaf (then associated with Trans Time) in Southern California. … Continue reading
Cryonics: An Historical Failure Analysis, Lecture 2: Inherent Failure Mechanisms and Risks, Part 1
By Mike Darwin 1972-1991 AWAKENING TO REALITY SLIDE 96 As I said in the previous lecture, the literature produced by CSNY created an impression of competence and of the presence of a solid organization. After I had been involved in … Continue reading
Cryonics: Failure Analysis, Lecture 1, Initialization Failure, Part 3
By Mike Darwin FRAUDS & FAKIRS SLIDE 57 While this small corps of serious and honest people was hard at work trying to re-launch cryonics on a solid footing, the legacy of the first era of careless and irresponsible cryonics … Continue reading
Cryonics: Failure Analysis: Lecture 1: Initialization Failure, Part 2
By Mike Darwin FAILURE OF HUSBANDRY SLIDE 34 The core ideas of cryonics, that death is a function of remaining biological structure (information), technological sophistication, and that deep cooling can arrest decay and preserve structure indefinitely to await resurrection by … Continue reading
Cryonics: Failure Analysis: Lecture 1: Preface and Initialization Failure, Part 1
By Mike Darwin This series of lectures had its origin in a presentation entitled Cryonics: Why it has failed, and possible ways to fix it, which was delivered at an ExtroBritannia meeting on Saturday August 2, 2008 at Birkberk College … Continue reading
Bon Voyage, Fred Chamberlain
By Mike Darwin Me and Mei Lei, settling down after dinner and a peek at the heart of the time machine, which was then kept in a shed in back of the the Chamberlains’ home in La Crescenta, in 1973. … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Biography, Cryonics History
Tagged Alcor Foundation, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Bioquagmire, brain cryopreservation, brain cryopreservatioon, brain freezing, CBeRev.org, CNS cryobiology, connectome, cryonic suspension, cryonics, cryostasis, Fred Chamberlain, Frederick Rockwell Chamberlain, head freezing, III, Jr., Life Quest, LifeNaut.com, Linda Chamberlain, Linda Lee Chamberlain, mike darwin, Mindfiles, neuropreservation, Star Pebble, Terasem
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The Logical and Intellectual Bankruptcy of Christianity
by Mike Darwin I can remember, with unfortunate precision, when I ceased to believe in God. Please note the emphasis on the “I” and the capitalization of God. I was seven years old and being prepared for my First Communion … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Biography, Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda, Philosophy
Tagged Alcor Life Extension Foundation, bayesian logic, cryobiology, cryonics, cryonics and christianity, cryonics and religion, mike darwin, religion and evolution, religion and logic, religion and science, suspended animation
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