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'''Cryonics''' is a [[pseudoscience]] that tries to extend life or achieve immortality in a non-theistic way after a person is legally dead (See also: [[Atheism and cryonics]] and [[Atheism and death]]).<ref>[http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/winter-2012/cryogenesis-a-review#.VDHE0RYy5l4 Cryogenesis: A Review], Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, In Winter 2012/ March 11, 2012</ref><ref>[http://thehumanist.com/july-august-2011/heaven-for-atheists/ Heaven for atheists - TheHumanist.com]</ref>  Cryonic procedures are performed shortly after a person's death. The adherents of cyronics also engage in pet cryopreservation.<ref>[http://www.cryonics.org/resources/pet-cryopreservation Pet cryopreservation]</ref>
 
'''Cryonics''' is a [[pseudoscience]] that tries to extend life or achieve immortality in a non-theistic way after a person is legally dead (See also: [[Atheism and cryonics]] and [[Atheism and death]]).<ref>[http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/winter-2012/cryogenesis-a-review#.VDHE0RYy5l4 Cryogenesis: A Review], Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, In Winter 2012/ March 11, 2012</ref><ref>[http://thehumanist.com/july-august-2011/heaven-for-atheists/ Heaven for atheists - TheHumanist.com]</ref>  Cryonic procedures are performed shortly after a person's death. The adherents of cyronics also engage in pet cryopreservation.<ref>[http://www.cryonics.org/resources/pet-cryopreservation Pet cryopreservation]</ref>
  
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Cryonics involves the preservation at cryogenic temperatures of organic material, usually humans, with the intent of future resuscitation. Presently the process is hypothetical, but the the hope among many cryonicists is that cryopreservation (near -200°C<ref name=nih>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6383068</ref>) of an individual immediately after [[death]] will increase the chances of revival in a future time period when medical technology is able to reverse whatever ailment has killed the individual<ref name=benbest>http://www.benbest.com/cryonics/CryoFAQ.html</ref>. In the United States there are many cryonics organizations, the most well-known of which being the Alcor Life Extension Organization<ref>[http://alcor.org  Alcor website]</ref>
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Cryonics involves the preservation at cryogenic temperatures of organic material, usually humans, with the intent of future resuscitation. Presently the process is hypothetical, but the hope among many cryonicists is that cryopreservation (near -200°C<ref name=nih>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6383068</ref>) of an individual immediately after [[death]] will increase the chances of revival in a future time period when medical technology is able to reverse whatever ailment has killed the individual<ref name=benbest>http://www.benbest.com/cryonics/CryoFAQ.html</ref>. In the United States there are many cryonics organizations, the most well-known of which being the Alcor Life Extension Organization<ref>[http://alcor.org  Alcor website]</ref>
  
 
== Mind uploading ==
 
== Mind uploading ==

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The adherents of cryonics put the deceased person in cryonic suspension via cooling and perfusing the corpse with cryoprotective solutions.[1][2]

Cryonics is a pseudoscience that tries to extend life or achieve immortality in a non-theistic way after a person is legally dead (See also: Atheism and cryonics and Atheism and death).[3][4] Cryonic procedures are performed shortly after a person's death. The adherents of cyronics also engage in pet cryopreservation.[5]

Cryonics involves the preservation at cryogenic temperatures of organic material, usually humans, with the intent of future resuscitation. Presently the process is hypothetical, but the hope among many cryonicists is that cryopreservation (near -200°C[6]) of an individual immediately after death will increase the chances of revival in a future time period when medical technology is able to reverse whatever ailment has killed the individual[7]. In the United States there are many cryonics organizations, the most well-known of which being the Alcor Life Extension Organization[8]

Mind uploading

See also: Atheism and irrationality

Advocates of mind uploading (Mind uploading is the notion that someday mankind may be able to scan and upload their minds to computer storage mediums) are generally strong advocates of cryonics as well.[9] Mind loading is not a feasible hypothesis.[10][11]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Cryonic Suspension Protocol
  2. ↑ Cryogenesis: A Review, Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, In Winter 2012/ March 11, 2012
  3. ↑ Cryogenesis: A Review, Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, In Winter 2012/ March 11, 2012
  4. ↑ Heaven for atheists - TheHumanist.com
  5. ↑ Pet cryopreservation
  6. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6383068
  7. ↑ http://www.benbest.com/cryonics/CryoFAQ.html
  8. ↑ Alcor website
  9. ↑ Mind uploading - Thought experiments as knowledge
  10. ↑ Will we ever be able to upload our minds to a computer?
  11. ↑ You Might Never Upload Your Brain Into a Computer by George Dvorsky posted at 4/17/13 12:02pm at io9.com
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