cryonics
Freeze the deceased
Cryonics is the practice of preserving human bodies at extremely low temperatures shortly after death, with the hope that future technology might revive and cure them.
The body or head is stored in liquid nitrogen.
Cryonics remains scientifically unproven and is viewed skeptically by mainstream medicine, though a small industry serves believers: He arranged to have his body placed in cryonic suspension.
Transformation into glass
- cryoprotectantSubstance preventing ice damage
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- neuroNerve combining form
Bogus methodology posing as factual
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- quackeryFraudulent medical practice
- exploitationSelfish use of others
regulation · cost · criticism
Exemption from death
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- mortalityState of eventual death
Restoration of life
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
- restorationReturning something to condition
Potential for success
- unprovenNot yet established
- experimentalTesting new methods
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- unknownNot yet discovered
Tendency to expect good
- possibilityState of being achievable
- faithTrust without proof
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- longingIntense, persistent desire
vitrification
Transformation into glass
- cryoprotectantSubstance preventing ice damage
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- storageSpace for keeping goods
pseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- quackeryFraudulent medical practice
exploitation · regulation · cost · criticism
immortality
Exemption from death
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
reanimation
Restoration of life
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
feasibility
Potential for success
- unprovenNot yet established
- experimentalTesting new methods
- speculativeBased on conjecture
optimism
Tendency to expect good
- possibilityState of being achievable
- faithTrust without proof
- anticipationState of awaiting something
longing · prospect · aspiration · dream · waiting · belief · patience
- future techAI, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR
- immortalityimmortality, eternal life, immortals, everlasting life, deathlessness
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, force fields, time machine, mind uploading
- Futurismjetpacks, holograms, robots, androids, cyborgs
- longevitylifespan, life expectancy, healthspan, centenarian, supercentenarian
- cryogenicsliquid nitrogen, liquid helium, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, cryogen
cryonicscremation
Burning the deceased
burial · incineration · natural burial · sky burial · green burial
cryonicsdeath acceptance
Peace with one's mortality
letting go · memento mori · natural death · final rest · eternal rest