[extropy-chat] Transhumanism mentioned in "Skeptic" re: cryonics

[Mike Lorrey]

Not surprised. The opposition is getting organized. Look up the
defintion of 'extropy'  on www.dictionary.com ... the smear has begun.

--- Joseph Bloch <jbloch at humanenhancement.com> wrote:

> In response to last month's hit-piece on cryonics in "Skeptic"
> magazine, 
> they have published a few pro-cryonics responses. One, by NASA
> scientist 
> and science fiction novelist Gregory Benford, mentions transhumanism
> in 
> a perhaps-not-so-flattering way:
> 
> "Of course, cryonics is a huge gamble, and I think it is best viewed 
> that way. The recent piece by Kevin Miller in Skeptic (Vol. 11, No.
> 1) 
> follows common practice: interview a cryobiologist, who then cites a 
> transhumanist (not a cryonicist) about techno-optimism. Miller's 
> scientist, Kenneth Storey, cites extreme standards (cells must cool
> "at 
> least 1000 degrees a minute") without backing up that statement; he
> then 
> says "it will never work fororgans," and "they claim they will
> overturn 
> the law of physics, chemistry and molecular science," again using the
> 
> argument from authority but providing no evidence." (Skeptic Vol. 11,
> 
> No. 2, p. 28).
> 
> The Transhumanist in question, btw, is George Dworsky of the Toronto 
> Transhumanist Association, who was quoted in the original article as 
> saying "I can't sit here today and look you in the eye and tell you
> we 
> are going to bring people back. Amupme who is going to tell you that
> is 
> either deluding themselves, or they're not being realistic. But I
> think 
> there are enough clues now to give us some hope. ... [the thawing 
> process will need] a radically futuristic technology [that] could 
> resuscitate or revitalize the person."
> 
> Joseph
> 
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=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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