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Tag Archives: Thomas Donaldson
The Future of Aging: Pathways to Human Life Extension
This book review was originally published in Cryonics magazine, 1st Quarter, 2011. Editor-in-chief, cryobiologist, and aging researcher Gregory M. Fahy and his associate editors Michael D. West, L. Stephen Cole and Steven B. Harris have compiled what might be the … Continue reading
Posted in Rejuvenation, Science
Tagged Biogerontology, Gregory Fahy, Interventive Gerontology, Joshua Mitteldorf, Michael R. Rose, Michael Rae, Nanotechnology, NENS, Ray Kurzweil, Rejuvenation, Robert Freitas, SENS, Stephen Cole, The Future of Aging: Pathways to Human Life Extension, Thomas Donaldson
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The presumption of death
Bertrand Russell once said that “most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.” One does not need to look any further than the many responses to Kerry Howley’s recent article about cryonics and hostile partners in … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Society
Tagged Bertrand Russell, Bryan Caplan, Cryonics, Hostile Relatives, Hostile Wife Phenomenon, Immortality, James Hughes, Kerry Howley, Life Extension, Peggy Jackson, Robin Hanson, Sati, Thomas Donaldson
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Revival of cryonics patients literature
There is a growing literature that discusses the technical aspects of revival of cryonics patients. The following list of the published literature was compiled by Ralph Merkle and Robert Freitas and published as an appendix of their article on molecular … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Neuroscience, Science
Tagged Cryonics, Cryonics Magazine, Mike Darwin, Molecular Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, Nanotechnology, Ralph Merkle, Robert Freitas, Thomas Donaldson
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Lifequest
Back in the late 1980′s, from Lake Tahoe, we published seven issues of short stories devoted to cryonics and where that might lead, primarily to uploading and a future now much like that envisioned in far more detail by Ray Kurzweil in his … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics
Tagged Albert Einstein, Cryonics, Fred and Linda Chamberlain, Ray Kurzweil, Singularity, Thomas Donaldson
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5 dangerous ideas about cryonics
The cryonics organizations Alcor and the Cryonics Institute have taken great care to correct some of the persistent myths about cryonics. With so much widespread misinformation being circulated in the media it seems trivial to pay attention to some of … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death
Tagged Brian Wowk, Cryobiology, Cryonics, Human Cryopreservation, Thomas Donaldson
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Thomas Donaldson on cryonics and anti-aging
Just a superficial look at the history of the life extension movement will suffice to show the rise and fall of numerous fads and trends in ideas about the mechanisms and “treatment” of aging. Psychological meliorism and simplistic visions of … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death
Tagged Anti-Aging, Cryonics, Life Extension, Meliorism, Thomas Donaldson
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Suspended animation is not cryonics
On the Immortality Institute cryonics forum, Alcor Board member and researcher Brian Wowk has posted some insightful comments on the difference between suspended animation and cryonics. Although impressive technical advances in cryonics to date, such as vitrification, have failed to … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death
Tagged Brian Wowk, Cryonics, Death, Suspended Animation, Thomas Donaldson
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