Dennis Kowalski (@CiCryonics) is the president of the US-based Cryonics Institute (CI), a non-profit founded in 1976 by Robert Ettinger, "The Father of Cryonics." CI's goal from the beginning has been to offer the best available cryonics services to the public at an affordable cost. Since founding, Cryonics Institute has been a leading force in the cryonics movement, advancing research, education and public awareness. CI hosts an active and engaged community of more than 1,100 members world-wide and 150 patients currently in cryostasis. In addition to his role at CI, Dennis is a firefighter, a nationally registered EMT (emergency medical technician) and previous boxing champion and in the marine corps. [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=18590681" width="100%" height="200px" theme="light" playlist="false" playlist-continuous="false" autoplay="false" live-autoplay="false" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="false" hide-likes="false" hide-comments="false" hide-sharing="false" hide-download="true"] Subscribe on Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Android | Overcast | Spotify | Youtube You can listen right here on iTunes In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

* How science is constantly catching up to the wonders of nature

* The life extension possibilities of cryonics

* Why cryonics isn't as crazy as you think and might just be a really smart bet

* The different ways science could possibly bring people back from the dead

* Why we are still a ways off from uploading our consciousness the cloud

* The increasingly exciting opportunities of exponential technology

* How sci-fi sometimes suggests the future

* Why predicting the future is hard to be exact

* The role cryogenics plays in potential space travel

  Transcript Producing this podcast and transcribing the episode takes tons of time and resources. If you support FringeFM and the work we do, please consider making a tax-deductible donation. If you can’t afford to support us, we completely understand as well, but an iTunes review or share on Twitter can go a long way too!   Dennis: There's a saying in Cryonics’ the second worst thing that can possibly happen to you is to be dead and frozen right? Because that means you had to be dead first, on the other hand the worst thing would be to be dead not frozen, so yeah if I could be had my life extended and not have to be cryogenically suspended that would be great. But it just doesn't exist and what does exist is the vehicle to possibly get me to the future.   Matt: As a species we've always sought to overcome death, whether religion in heaven or the Fountain of Youth. Humans like to live and want to live as long as possible. Today we're diving into an incredibly interesting and controversial subject cryonics. Cryonics first came on my scene, we've all heard the stories Walt Disney being frozen on ice living forever. It all seemed a little bit crazy, I was listening to Wait but Why. The Tim Urban blog where he dives into very interesting topics and tries to explore them and break them down for average individuals. He’s exploring cryonics and the ultimate conclusion he came to is that cryonics is the process of pausing people in critical condition and can't accep...