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List of people who arranged for cryonics. 2 languages. ... This list contains notable people who plan to be or have been cryopreserved after legal death.
Individuals who have made arrangements to be cryopreserved upon death, or are otherwise involved in the cryonics movement. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Cryonics (often mistakenly called "cryogenics") is the practice of cryopreserving humans or animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future. The process is not currently reversible, and by law can only be performed on humans after legal death.
This is a list of people who have been cryonically preserved. It is generally difficult to ascertain who is in this state due to medical privacy concerns; however, some cases have been publicized. Subcategories
Cryonics (from Greek: κρύος kryos, meaning "cold") is the low-temperature freezing (usually at −196 °C or −320.8 °F or 77.1 K) and storage of human remains in the hope that resurrection may be possible in the future. [1] [2] Cryonics is regarded with skepticism by the mainstream scientific community.
Cryonics is regarded with skepticism within the scientific community and has been characterized as quackery and pseudoscience. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As of October 2023 [update] , Alcor had 1,927 members, including 222 who have died and whose corpses have been subject to cryonic processes; [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 116 bodies had only their head preserved. [ 8 ]
Pages in category "Cryonics organizations in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Cryonics Institute was founded by the “Father of Cryonics” Robert Ettinger on April 4, 1976, in Detroit, Michigan, where he served as president until 2003.Ettinger introduced the concept of cryonics with the publication of his book “The Prospect of Immortality” published in 1962.