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Brains In a Jar Are Real Now

THE FUTURE IS NOW

The science of cryogenics has long been viewed as a bit of a joke.

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Last week a scientific contest came to a close with a new winner: cryonics. The idea of preserving the body after death for eventual reanimation went from pseudo science to plausible scientific venture.

And now we have to decide what to do with it.

Five years ago the Brain Preservation Foundation issues...

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