From: George Dvorsky (sentdev@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 09:12:30 MST
On February 26, 2003, the Toronto Transhumanist Association hosted a talk by
Canadian cryonics expert, Ben Best, titled, "Can Cryonics Save Your Life?"
The talk was held at the Parliament library from 6:30 until 8:15 PM.
Interest and attendance was very good; we even had one attendee fly in from
Montreal to attend the talk.
Ben Best is the President of the Cryonics Society of Canada and President &
Secretary of CryoCare Foundation. Ben was also involved in the very first
cyronics case in Ontario last year. We were honoured to have a speaker of
Ben's caliber come out for a TTA event.
Ben spoke for nearly 2 hours and addressed a wide variety of topics. He
spoke of the science behind cryonics, the state of the industry, recent
innovations, and the battle against aging. Ben also tied in a number of
Transhumanist themes into his talk, including posthumanism, his optimistic
view of the future, and the eventual goal of ending aging. He also fielded
some challenging questions, and dealt with a number of difficult issues
head-on.
After the talk a number of us relocated next door to the local pub where we
had a few pints and discussed cyborgization, wearables (including recording
devices), the nature of the human mind and consciousness, and
life-extension.
All in all, it was an excellent and stimulating evening. The TTA would like
to sincerely thank Ben for volunteering his time and expertise.
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George Dvorsky
Vice-President, Toronto Transhumanist Association
Deputy Editor, Betterhumans
http://toronto.transhumanism.com
http://www.betterhumans.com
http://www.sentientdevelopments.com
george@betterhumans.com
"I can only say that, while my own opinions as to ethics do not satisfy me,
everyone else's satisfy me less."
-- Bertrand Russell
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