Meaning of cryonicist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who works in the field of cryonics.
2. A person who is, or who wishes to be, preserved cryonically.

Examples

“Cryonics was in its infancy then, and cryobiologists were hard to find⟳, let⟳ alone cryonicists. The former believed the body could be frozen in pieces; the latter that it could be frozen whole.”

“Titled “The Brain Preservation Technology Prize: A challenge⟳ to cryonicists, a challenge⟳ to scientists,” it argued that if a brain was properly preserved, time would not be an issue⟳.”

“This will not always be the fault of the patient or anyone else; a cryonicist may die⟳ in a plane crash⟳, reduced to ashes with nothing left to freeze⟳.”

“To cryonicists, the chance of resuscitation is worth the money required to fund cryonic suspension arrangements. If resuscitation proves impossible, they reason⟳, you are no “deader” than you would have⟳ been without suspension […]”

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