Some people have a certainty that helps them cope with grief: they are certain they will see their loved ones again in Heaven … It’s the greatest question we ask ourselves – what happens when we die? Morgan Freeman, The Story of God s1e1: Beyond Death, National Geographic 2016
The hope for life beyond death seems to be an almost universal instinct. ibid.
What’s going to happen if we create eternal life in this life? ibid.
Who the fuck in their right mind would want everlasting life? The Death of Stalin 2017 starring Steve Buscemi & Simon Russell Beale & Paddy Considine & Rupert Friend & Jason Isaacs & Michael Palin & Andrea Riseborough & Jeffrey Tambor & Adrian McLoughlin et al, director Armando Iannucci, Krushchev
Joe: Nobody lives for ever.
Fran: Frank Sinatra gave it a shot. Heist 2001 starring Gene Hackman & Danny DeVito & Delroy Lindo & Rebecca Pidgeon & Sam Rockwell & Ricky Jay & Patti LuPone & Alan Bilzerian & Richard Friedman & Robert Lussier et al, director David Mamet
If you had the chance to come back to life even if it meant spending decades immersed in liquid nitrogen, would you take it? Frozen: Cryonics, Channel 5 2018
With more Brits signing up, is this really the ticket to eternal life? Can the science of cryonics really awaken the dead? ibid.
The practice of cryonics divides the scientific community. ibid.
There is no scientific evidence that patients will ever stand a chance of being brought back. ibid.
France 1760: The wonder man of Europe runs for his life. No records exist of his birth, death or true identity. He was considered a genius in art, music, politics and alchemy. Although he looked 40, many believed he was at least 150 years old. He called himself the Count of Saint Germain. Others called him the Man Who Would Not Die. In Search of s2e2 … The Man Who Would Not Die, History 1977
Today however ageing and death are becoming less inevitable. We are moving closer to the dream of immortality. In Search of s2e15 … Immortality
Frozen alive to one hundred degrees below zero, a three-day-old embryo is held in suspended animation. As temperatures approach absolute zero all chemical and biological activity ceases. In this state frozen life might be preserved for ever. In Search on s3e6 … Cryogenics
Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal. Benjamin Franklin
Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality. Emily Dickinson, The Chariot
Sacred waters with remarkable healing powers. Ancient mystics who lived for hundreds of years. And a scientific breakthrough that may provide eternal life. It is possible to cheat death, to live for ever? The UnXplained with William Shatner s3e5: The Immortals, History 2022
The Book of the Dead is a kind of guide book for the deceased. And a book of spells to aid the deceased in his journey in the afterlife. And the process of becoming immortal. Professor Stuart Tyson Smith
In 2013 a Russian internet millionaire funded a conference in New York with an extraordinary aim – to see if a system could be created that would allow him to live for ever. Horizon: The Immortalist, BBC 2016
Is it so crazy to think we could live for ever in machines? ibid.