The thought provoking torture of Martyrs
The genre of “torture porn” seems to be at the height of its popularity. The 2009 Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam featured a non-trivial amount of horror movies with excessive violence, torture and sadism. But perhaps the most trustworthy indicator that this trend may be nearing its peak is the French movie “Martyrs.” The movie [...]
Response to Aschwin de Wolf’s ‘Evidence Based Cryonics’
In his article entitled ‘Evidence Based Cryonics’ Aschwin de Wolf unassailably argues that: “There is an urgent need to move from extrapolation based cryonics to evidence based cryonics. This will require a comprehensive research program aimed at creating realistic cryonics research models. It will also require vast improvements in the monitoring and evaluation of cryonics [...]
