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Action Item: Cryonics Regulatory Attack
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Arizona legislation is being considered that could 
limit Alcor's effectiveness as a cryonics facility. 
Action needed by Thursday Feb 26. 
http://imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&act=ST&f=61&t=3152


Chat: Women for the Right to Choose Longer Life 
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Infinite Females converge in a chat to discuss Extropy 
Institute's VP Summit topic: President Bush's Bioethics 
Council report, Beyond Therapy. 
Chat Time: Sunday Feb 22 @ 6 PM EST
http://imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&act=ST&f=141&t=3146


Chat: Robotics, AI, and Immortality
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French engineer, Jean Roch (nefastor) joins ImmInst to 
discuss his work on artificial neurons and full-body prosthetics 
as a pathway to physical immortality. 
Chat Time: Sunday Feb 22 @ 8 PM EST
http://imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&act=ST&f=63&t=3070


Article: If Uploads Come First: The Crack of a Future Dawn 
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Assistant professor of economics at George Mason 
University, Robin Hanson advises on how to prepare 
for uploading of human consciousness to artificial substrates. 
http://imminst.org/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=67&t=3135&hl=&s=

 
Article: Philosophy of Life & Optimism 
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Russian author, Igor Vladimirovich Vishev, who introduced the 
concept of "immortology" (science of immortality) as well as 
"homo immortalis" (man immortal) into scientific use, celebrates 
the 100-year anniversary of the death of intrepid Russian 
immortalist philosopher, Nikolai Fedorovich Fedorov. 
http://imminst.org/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=67&t=3130
 

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