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→Larry King and cryonics
In 2011, ''The Telegraph'' in an article entitled ''On Larry King and an atheist's fear of death'' reported about the atheist [[Larry King]], "Larry King, the former [[CNN]] broadcaster, made the news this morning after saying he wants to be frozen after his death, so that he can be revived when medical technology improves.<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100122576/on-larry-king-and-an-atheists-fear-of-death/ On Larry King and an atheist's fear of death]</ref>
In 2011, ''The Telegraph'' in an article entitled ''On Larry King and an atheist's fear of death'' reported about the atheist [[Larry King]], "Larry King, the former [[CNN]] broadcaster, made the news this morning after saying he wants to be frozen after his death, so that he can be revived when medical technology improves.<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100122576/on-larry-king-and-an-atheists-fear-of-death/ On Larry King and an atheist's fear of death]</ref>
=== Michael Shermer and other atheist/agnostic critics of cryonics ===
Today, the atheist/agnostic community is largely skeptical of the cryonics movement. For example, in 2001, the atheist/agnostic [[Michael Shermer]] said of cryonics, "Is it? That depends on how much time, effort and money ($120,000 for a full-body freeze or $50,000 for just the head) you are willing to invest for odds of success only slightly higher than zero... I want to believe the cryonicists. Really I do. I gave up on religion in college, but I often slip back into my former evangelical fervor, now directed toward the wonders of science and nature."<ref>[http://www.michaelshermer.com/2001/09/nano-nonsense-and-cryonics/ Nano Nonsense & Cryonics], Michael Shermer, published September 2001</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==