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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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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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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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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
Posted in Cryonics Biography, Cryonics History, Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda, Philosophy
Tagged body freezing, brain cryopreservation, CNS cryobiology, connectome, cryonic suspension, cryonics, fred pohl, fred pohl and immortality, frederick pohl, head freezing, immortality, mike darwin, mike darwin and fred pohl, neuropreservation, robert ettinger and fred pohl, science fiction and cryonics, viktor frankel, viktor frankel and cryonics
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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
Posted in Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda
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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
Fortune and Men’s Eyes
When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, … Continue reading
The Kurzwild Man in the Night
Ray Kurzweil with a portrait of his father. “It’s as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that you can’t possibly figure out what’s good or bad. It’s … Continue reading