cryonics is more science fiction than serious science. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
One critic went so far as to dub cryonics "quackery's last shot at you.". From Wordnik.com. [Gazette.com :] Reference
The process, known as cryonics, is conducted with the hope that someday scientists will be able to bring the subjects back to life. From Wordnik.com. [Long Island Press] Reference
Oddy describes his visits to the cryonics facilities as. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2002] Reference
We're going to take you inside the secret world of cryonics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2009] Reference
In movies like "Austin Powers," cryonics is far more futuristic. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2002] Reference
He's taking a closer look at cryonics and what's going on -- Brian?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2009] Reference
Anyone can "seek 300 million dollars" to build a cryonics storage area. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant] Reference
A cryonics station can be constructed in one or several of these craters. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Cornerstone for Lunar Colonization and Commercial Development] Reference
He introduced a bill in 2004 to regulate Alcor and cryonics in that state. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2009] Reference
There's even a term for it in the cryonics world: "hostile-wife phenomenon.". From Wordnik.com. [So you want to live forever?] Reference
As the Newsday headline said the other day, "There's no cryonics in baseball.". From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Not really an All-Star show] Reference
This left-hander looks as cool as John Henry Williams at a cryonics convention. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Two Angels trumpet Anaheim's arrival] Reference
Ironically enough, "Singularitarianism" has been mostly ambivalent to cryonics. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Later we had cryonics, the Disney version of the Egyptian afterlife, as it were. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Williams's kids stayed home and prepared for their legal squabbles over cryonics. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Final Farewell] Reference
MOOS: When he traveled to two cryonics facilities this past March to take photos. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2002] Reference
At least cryonics makes it possible for you to die with some hope, however small. From Wordnik.com. [18 Non-Fiction Essays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers] Reference
The buzzwords for July have included: cryonics, fire sale and human growth hormone. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - A few suggestions to improve baseball] Reference
Ultimately, I expect that both pet cloning and pet cryonics will be huge industries. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: October 2005 Archives] Reference
I wrote something a bit fragmentary and goofy about cryonics and it takes you to this?. From Wordnik.com. [The Genesis of Elves « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows] Reference
How much cryonics research did you do before or while writing I Was a Teenage Popsicle?. From Wordnik.com. [slayground: Interview: Bev Katz Rosenbaum] Reference
MOOS (voice-Over): the tanks at the cryonics institute hold anywhere from two to 14 people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2002] Reference
Although cryonics gets touted as a kind of resurrection, there is an instructive difference. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem With Eternity] Reference
But how desirable would cryonics or immortality in tiny steps be, even if they were possible?. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem With Eternity] Reference
The entrance to the cryonics system is open and one of you will take the place of the Master. From Wordnik.com. [Spaceship of Ancestors]
Rucker writes somewhat disparagingly of cryonics, but I think of it as a sensible precaution. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
You cite a paper which calculates the probability of cryonics working as being no better than 15%. From Wordnik.com. [Eleventh Hour: They Only Freeze the Heads!] Reference
But just for the -- for those of our viewers who don't know what cryonics really is -- what's the purpose?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2003] Reference
As this therapy becomes a standard medical procedure, doctors might reconsider the entire field of cryonics. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Canine Cryonics] Reference
Because this involves temperatures above 0 Celsius, this might be considered something less than full cryonics. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Canine Cryonics] Reference
This approach is similar to cryonics, but the aim is to preserve whole species rather than individual organisms. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: July 2004 Archives] Reference
The ark approach is similar to cryonics, but the aim is to preserve whole species rather than individual organisms. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: July 2004 Archives] Reference
The body of Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams is suspended in chemicals at a Arizona cryonics company called Alcor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2003] Reference
If tissues can be perfectly preserved without freezing, why shouldn't we try to save terminally ill patients with cryonics?. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Canine Cryonics] Reference
Finally, he points us to an article on cryonics, which at core is really the art of freezing and carefully thawing out brains. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: October 2005 Archives] Reference
Looking back over The Speculist, I was surprised to find that we haven't written much about cryonics Phil has mentioned it in passing. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Canine Cryonics] Reference
CAMPBELL BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: You know, beyond the story that you're sharing here, their view of the cryonics movement is, what is this?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2009] Reference
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