You’re all alone
In ‘The Rise of Scientific Philosophy’ the logical positivist philosopher Hans Reichenbach writes:
In Leibniz’s philosophy the rational side of modern science has found its most radical representation. The successful use of mathematical methods for the description of nature made Leibniz believe that all science can be ultimately transformed into mathematics. The idea of determinism, of [...]
Whatever happened to the future of medicine
Source: ExtroBritannia
Why the much anticipated medical breakthroughs of the early 21st century are failing to materialize
Saturday 30th May 2009, 2pm-4pm. Room 403 (fourth floor), Birkbeck College, Torrington Square, London WC1E 7HX. There’s no charge to attend, and everyone is welcome.
Speaker
Mike Darwin has 30 years experience in cutting edge medical research. Co-founder of the Institute for [...]
Interview with Alcor member David Croft
David Wallace Croft is an Alcor member in the Dallas area where he lives with his wife Shannon and five children, Ada, Ben, Tom, Abe, and Ted. He is employed as a Java software developer and is a part-time doctoral student. His contact information and his weblog are available at www.CroftPress.com.
1. How did you first [...]
40,000 year old frozen baby mammoth unearthed
In “Ice Baby” by Tom Mueller, the May 2009 issue of National Geographic announces the recent discovery of a 40,000 year old baby mammoth in Sibera. She is called Lyuba, named after the wife of the Nenet reindeer herder who found her, and is in near-pristine condition, having even her eyelashes. In fact, besides most [...]
No-reflow as a post-mortem artifact
It is common medical knowledge that after 5 minutes of cardiac arrest the prospects of successful resuscitation without neurological impairment become progressively bleak. But there is less consensus on the mechanisms of such injury. One strong candidate is what is called the “no-reflow” phenomenon. No-reflow refers to the impairment of perfusion of the brain after [...]
Placing “In Case of Emergency” numbers in your cell phone
At the hospital where Linda works, nurses and other employees swap many ‘helpful hints’ via email, and one of these ideas recently circulated seemed to be a technique cryonicists could use to increase the chances that their suspension organizations would find out quickly about their situations, in case of an emergency.
The way it works is [...]
