Category Archives: Cryonics Philosophy

When a Singularity Bites You in the Ass

 How to avoid autopsy and long ‘down-time’ (ischemia) ~85% of the time! By Mike Darwin   Foreplay It has taken me roughly 30 years to learn that having the technological capability to achieve some marvelous end is only a small … Continue reading

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Your Picture Won’t Be Hanging Here?

  Reception area of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Riverside, CA in April of 1987. The photos above the refreshments cart were of some of the patients in Alcor’s care at that time. Sometimes we get defeated by technology, … Continue reading

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inonymous?

  Many years ago in The Immortalist (now Long Life), there was a column authored by one Robert Brakeman.  If you’re a fan of Seinfeld (and I’m not) then Brakeman was a genius, because he did in print what Seinfeld … Continue reading

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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

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ii Mirror mirror hanging on the wall, CryoX: Birth of NeoInsurgent Cryonicst

By CryoX {This is a work of fiction  {or is it?} Mirror mirror hanging on the wall You don’t have to tell me who’s the biggest fool of all Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me And bring … Continue reading

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i Birth of a NeoInsurgent Cryonicst

By CryoX Illustrations by Mike Darwin This is a work of fiction  {or is it?} We Froze the First Fly. Great title. I could have written it. I should have written it. I’m an insect endocrinologist. This futon in the … Continue reading

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Three Strikes and You’re Out!

By Mike Darwin Left: Science Fiction writer Fred Pohl, with friend. Predicting the future is a tough business. It is an especially tough business when it is proposed  that the prediction be highly specific and technically accurate. Say, akin to … Continue reading

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Through A Glass Darkly: Obstacles to Envisioning the Future of Cryonics

  By Mike Darwin I think every cryonicist carries in his head his own unique model of the “future of cryonics.” Furthermore, I think that each individual cryonicist carries around a largely arbitrary and unique set of standards, rules and … Continue reading

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Cryonics “Castle”

By Mike Darwin  Show: “Castle” Season: 4 Episode: 3, “Head Case” Air Date: 10/03/11 Series Creator: Andrew W. Marlowe Writer: David Grae Characters: Rick Castle, Kate Beckett Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos Credit: ABC/Adam Taylor “Castle” Stars: Nathan Fillion as … Continue reading

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Doing the Time Warp

By Mike Darwin   It’s astounding; Time is fleeting; Madness takes its toll. But listen closely… Not for very much longer. I’ve got to keep control. I remember doing the time-warp Drinking those moments when The Blackness would hit me … Continue reading

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