tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post1647639970935218902..comments2024-03-15T18:52:48.143-06:00Comments on Ethics Forum: Robert Ettinger Snap-Frozen at 92Alice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post-27758365647028194092011-08-03T02:14:13.552-06:002011-08-03T02:14:13.552-06:00Luke, attempts to sustain life beyond natural deat...Luke, attempts to sustain life beyond natural death are not accepted by the Orthodox and I believe that George is Orthodox.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post-68722988353023956872011-08-01T10:45:10.269-06:002011-08-01T10:45:10.269-06:00Nonsense, George. Do your homework.
Cryonics is n...Nonsense, George. Do your homework.<br /><br />Cryonics is not a matter of "freezing" -- it is about avoiding ice formation. The resulting solid form is more akin to glass than ice. Much of the brain is still viable at the point where it happens if practiced under ideal conditions (e.g. immediately after the heart stops). A small amount of ice does still form due to slow perfusion in certain areas of the brain, but it is not as dangerous because there is still partial cryoprotection.<br /><br />Despite the idea being around and well known for over half a century, there have been no claims from organized religions that cryonics is heresy. Jehovah's Witnesses have proclaimed that it won't work because the root cause of death and aging is beyond the realm of science. (Bear in mind that this is an organization which also claims that life-saving blood transfusions are an abomination.) Imagine the audacity of religion if it were to go around casually proclaiming that scientific possibilities are heretical to consider.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839692078152193518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post-16029045367732875672011-07-31T21:20:42.456-06:002011-07-31T21:20:42.456-06:00The cryonics movement is a "dreamworld" ...The cryonics movement is a "dreamworld" for those believing in it, because frozen dead bodies cannot come back to life -- regardless of medical discoveries in the future.<br /><br />It is also contrary to Christianity and other religions, which consider it to be heresy.George Patsourakoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469472363055626897noreply@blogger.com