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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.

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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


"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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