Monthly Archives: May 2009

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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