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Cryonics Intelligence Test Responses
Introduction On 06 May, 2012 responses were solicited to what was termed The Cryonics Intelligence Test which was posted here on Chronosphere (see: http://wp.me/p1sGcr-vV). Two people responded to this public request to “take the test” and provide input on possible … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Technology (General), Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Tagged Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Alexander McLin, body freezing, brain cryobiology, brain ischemia, cryonic suspension, cryonics, cryonics intelligence test, Gerald Monroe, human cryopreservation, ischemia, Jordan Sparks, Mark Plus, Max More, mike darwin, neuropreservation
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Myth and Memory in Cryonics
By Mike Darwin Steven B. Harris, M.D. In September of 1988, Steve Harris, M.D., published an essay entitled The Day the Earth Stood Still: Cryonics and the Resurrection of the Mythic Hero. It was one of his best in a … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics History, Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged Alcor Life Extension Foundation, BACS, Bay area Cryonics Society, Bill Moyers, body freezing, cryonic suspension, cryonics, cryopreservation, head freezing, Inc., Joseph Campbell, Many are Cold But Few Are Frozen, mike darwin, suspended animation, The Dead Ant Heap, The Power of Myth, The return of the krell Machine, The Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Dead, Trans Time, Will Cryonics Work
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Much Less Than Half a Chance Part 4
Screening for the Risk of Deanimation The term “screening” is used in medicine to describe routine examinations or diagnostic procedures of a defined group of individuals to identify diseases or risk factors for same at an early stage. Screening … Continue reading
Posted in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Medicine
Tagged .MRI scan, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Alzheimer's Disease, autopsy, avoiding autopsy, bite back, body freezing, brain cryobiology, brain freezing, computerized tomography, cryonic suspension, cryonics, cryopreservation, CT scan, dementia, full body scans, head freezing, Holter monitoring, ischemia, magnetic resonance imaging, mike darwin, neurovascular disease, ray kurzweil, singularity, suspended animation, victims of medical imaging, VOMIT
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Much Less Than Half a Chance Part 3
How to avoid autopsy and long ‘down-time’ (ischemia) ~85% of the time! By Mike Darwin Removing a Central Objection to Cryonics In case you missed it, what I just said in that slim paragraph at the end of the preceding … Continue reading
Posted in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Medicine
Tagged .MRI scan, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Alzheimer's Disease, autopsy, avoiding autopsy, bite back, body freezing, brain cryobiology, brain freezing, computerized tomography, cryonic suspension, cryonics, cryopreservation, CT scan, dementia, full body scans, head freezing, Holter monitoring, ischemia, magnetic resonance imaging, mike darwin, neurovascular disease, ray kurzweil, singularity, suspended animation, victims of medical imaging, VOMIT
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Much Less Than Half a Chance? Part 2
How to avoid autopsy and long ‘down-time’ (ischemia) better than ~85% of the time! By Mike Darwin Ischemia: The Problem of “Long Down Time” Almost every cryonicist I’ve ever spoken with envisions his cryopreservation will occur under ideal circumstances. He … Continue reading
Posted in Gerontology, Medicine
Tagged Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Alzheimer's Disease, autopsy, avoiding autopsy, bite back, body freezing, brain cryobiology, brain freezing, computerized tomography, cryonic suspension, cryonics, cryopreservation, CT scan. MRI scan, dementia, full body scans, head freezing, ischemia, magnetic resonance imaging, mike darwin, neurovascular disease, ray kurzweil, singularity, suspended animation, victims of medical imaging, VOMIT
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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
Posted in Cryonics History, Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda, Philosophy
Tagged Alcor Life Extension Foundation, body freezing, brain cryopreservation, cryobiology, cryonic suspension, cryonics, cryopatient, head freezing, Max More, mike darwin, neuropreservation, suspended animation
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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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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
Posted in Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda, Economics, Philosophy
Tagged Alcor, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, body freezing, brain cryopreservation, brain freezing, CNS cryobiology, cryogenics, cryonics, cryonics communications, cryonics failure, cryonics finances, cryonics oublic image, cryonics public relartions, cryonics sales, extropy, infinity mirror, kurzweil, Max More, merkle, Natasha More, ray kurzweil, suspended animation
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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
Posted in Cryonics History, Cryonics Philosophy, Philosophy
Tagged Alcor, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, cryonics, cryonics code of standards, cryonics ethics, Cryonics Institute, cryonics morality, cryonics morals, cryonics regulation, future of technology, technological forecasting, the future of cryonics
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