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August 23, 2006

Letter to the Editor


In his guest editorial, former Alcor President Steve Bridge talks about
why there aren't more medical professionals involved in cryonics.
Isn't it because they are taught in all their education that people who
are clinically dead are just that, dead? And that there is no sense
doing anything else for them? If that is what their mindset is,
isn't asking them to participate in cryonics like asking them to
participate in the activities of morticians preparing bodies for
funerals? At least that's how they would see it, right?

Steve Bridge Replies:

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August 15, 2006

Has Cryonics taken the Wrong Path?

The unnoticed conflict between rescue technology and futurist philosophies.

by
Stephen Bridge

A Quiet Hero

A friend of mine died this winter. He wasn't interested in cryonics, but what he didn't do is not the point of this essay. What he did do has saved uncounted lives, maybe including yours. The way this man went about his life has given me a clue to what I think is a major hidden problem with cryonics.

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