Ken Hayworth’s idea of promoting a fixation-based alternative to brain cryopreservation is something I am highly sympathetic to overall, and I hope some progress in this direction results from the work he is doing and trying to induce others to do. That said, I wanted to comment on Hayworth’s remarks about straight freezing of brain...

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The website Alternative Right has an interesting article on the declining pace of technological progress: The world of 1959 is pretty much the same world we live in today technologically speaking. This is a vaguely horrifying fact which is little appreciated…Certainly, people can be forgiven for thinking we live in a time of great progress,...

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Excerpt from “Ben Best – A Case for Free Will AND Determinism” Determinism implies materialism — implies that consciousness is material. Cryonics is based on the premise that the preservation of the fine structure of the brain at low temperature will preserve the self — ie, that the self is entirely determined-by and contained-in the...

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On this page a calculation is attempted to determine how many neurons need to survive for cryonics to work. The flaw in this approach should be obvious when the author writes : According to The Stroke Association, a stroke is a brain injury with effects which may include difficulty thinking, learning, concentrating, remembering, making decisions,...

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In the 2009-4 issue of Alcor’s Cryonics magazine I review the technical and practical feasibility of chemical preservation. One of the most interesting aspects of chemopreservation is that it could play a useful role in the cryopreservation of ischemic patients. There is accumulating evidence that vitrification agents cannot prevent ice...

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We would like to welcome our newest staff member, Steve Graber. Steve will be working with Alcor's Transport Coordinator to perform standbys, postmortem stabilization, and transport of Alcor patients to Alcor's cryopreservation facility in Scottsdale, Arizona. Additionally, he participates... D'Bora http://www.alcor.org

In what has become the busiest 12 months of any previous year in Alcor's history, we have cryopreserved three additional members during this past month of June. A-2371, who maintained confidentiality with respect to his membership, resided in Cleveland, Ohio.... Jennifer Chapman www.alcor.org

This meeting will be held on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at 4pm in Mountain View, California. For more info and directions please contact Mark Galeck at mark_galeck@pacbell.net.... D'Bora http://www.alcor.org

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 New York Times Magazine to find support for Russell’s witty remark. One commenter suggested...

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1st to 3rd October 2010 in Goslar, Germany The German Society for Applied Biostasis (DGAB) organizes its first scientific symposium. It has the title "Applied Cryobiology - Scientific Symposium on Cryonics" and will be held in autumn 2010. The DGAB... D'Bora http://www.alcor.org

To people who have made cryonics arrangements the biggest mystery remains why more people have not made the same decision. The most obvious answer remains that cryonics has not been proven to “work” yet. People who give this answer usually mean that proof of human suspended animation would lead to an increase in the popularity [...]

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In an insightful and well organized article (PDF) Nick Trakakis asks the question whether the existence of evil presents a bigger problem for theologies that do not allow any room for free will. He offers a number of theodicies that are available to the “divine determinist” and concludes that although hard determinism introduces...

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The month of June marks World Environment Day and World Ocean Day, two environmentally conscious days whose main purpose is to spread awareness of environmental issues taking place in today’s world. However, a black cloud hangs over this year’s events as 42,000 gallons of oil a day (1) gushes into the Gulf of Mexico after [...]

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Alcor Life Extension Foundation is on Facebook. If you would like to connect with Alcor members and supporters then visit the official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/alcor.life.extension.foundation Become a fan and encourage interested friends, family members, and colleagues to support Alcor too.

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Alcor Life Extension Foundation is on Facebook. If you would like to connect with Alcor members and supporters then visit our official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/alcor.life.extension.foundation Become a fan and encourage interested friends, family members, and colleagues to support us too.... D'Bora http://www.alcor.org

Jennifer Chapman Executive Director Board Report June 5, 2010 In mid-May, we cryopreserved 92-year-old Paul Garfield, a neuropreservation patient. Paul was a dedicated member of Alcor for 20 years and a long-time volunteer at the organization. Even in his 90's... Jennifer Chapman www.alcor.org

About 35 people attended the Cryonics Oregon-sponsored debate on the subject of SENS. Chana de Wolf was mistress of ceremonies. A show of hands indicated that the great majority of those attending were signed-up cryonicists. There was a sizeable contingent of CI Members who drove down from Seattle for the event. One was Eron Hennessey [...]

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On May 28, 2010, the Superior Court of the State of Arizona found former Alcor paramedic Larry Johnson in contempt of court and issued a warrant for his arrest. The associated judgment also ordered Johnson to pay Alcor $34,107.57 in... D'Bora http://www.alcor.org

On the weekend of April 23-25 I attended a meeting of the cryonics Asset Preservation Group held at the estate of Ken Weiss near Gloucester, Massachusetts I will try to give a few brief summaries without going into detail about every presentation. Lori Rhodes, who is Terasem’s Legal Researcher, is working to create legally recognized...

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A long time member since 1990 and a volunteer at Alcor, Paul Garfield (A-1608L), entered into hospice care this past May in Plano, TX. Alcor's deployment committee decided to send Aaron Drake, Alcor's Transport Coordinator; members of the Texas Regional... D'Bora http://www.alcor.org