Magazine section
4 essays examining this part of cryonics history, practice, evidence, or possible futures.
I keep circling one question. When people say “cryonics,” what do they really mean? In ordinary talk it sounds like freezing. A body put on ice. A long sleep. The word is simple, and the picture in the mind is…
I keep circling back to a simple question. Not whether cryonics works. Not whether it will work. Just this: what actually happens to a body along the way?
I keep seeing the same small mix up, and it carries more weight than it should. People say cryogenics when they mean cryonics. Or the other way around. It sounds harmless, like mixing up two brands at the…
Not the body in the usual sense. Not a warm, breathing life. Those are already gone when cryonics begins. The person has been declared legally dead. The heart has stopped. The law says the life is over.