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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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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
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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Inheritance and Disinheritance Are Not For Us
by Mike Darwin Michael B. Federowicz and Ella A. Rorhman circa 1954 Yesterday, I learned my parents, both of them, had died a little over 4 months ago. The call came from a staffer at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. … Continue reading