X-Message-Number: 21337 From: "George Dvorsky" <> Subject: TTA Cryonics Talk Review Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 11:12:30 -0500 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. ================================================= George Dvorsky Vice-President, Toronto Transhumanist Association Deputy Editor, Betterhumans http://toronto.transhumanism.com http://www.betterhumans.com http://www.sentientdevelopments.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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21337