Cryonics

As we enter a new millennium we are also making vast technological improvements. In the field of medicine in particular, there is cause for great optimism. There has never been more power to restore, maintain and extend health. However there is something even bigger approaching, cryonics. Many people think of cryonics as some “futuristic”, “science fiction” process that would only be possible in the movies. However the idea of cryonics isn’t really that unreal. …showed first 75 words of 2088 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2088 total…policy (Kluytmans, 1997). The four main providers of cryonic suspension are Alcor Life Extension Foundation, CryoCare Foundation, Cryonics Institute, and American Cryonics Society. “Aging, illness, and death, three of mankind’s primary sources of pain and sorrow, may be all but eradicated. What we will do when that happens and how it will change us remain to be seen. Certainly, the more prepared and expectant we are, the better we can expect things to go” (Rodriguez, 2001).