cryonics

Noun

Meaning

the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life

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If cryonics were a scam it would have far better marketing and be far more popular. Eliezer Yudkowsky

cryonics is more science fiction than serious science Source: Internet

According to cryonicist Aschwin de Wolf and others, cryonics can often produce intense hostility from spouses who are not cryonicists. Source: Internet

Actual cryonics organizations use vitrification without a chemical fixation step, citation sacrificing some structural preservation quality for less damage at the molecular level. Source: Internet

According to Cryonics Institute president Ben Best, cryonics revival may be similar to a last in, first out process. Source: Internet

Arguments in favor of cryonics include the potential benefit to society, the prospect of immortality, and the benefits associated with avoiding death. Source: Internet

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