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The Immortality Institute (sometimes abbreviated "ImmInst") is a nonprofit 501(3)(c) organization with the mission "to conquer the blight of involuntary death." The organization hosts an online forum, publishes books, creates films, and sponsors conferences in order to advance life extension research. It is supported by donations and the membership fees it charges, monthly, annually, or through a lifetime membership. It encourages gathering together all information, fields of research, individuals, and organisations that could contribute towards enabling people to avoid death, either in the short term and, hopefully, in the long term as well. A nonprofit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ...
501(c)(3) is a provision of the US tax code that provides exempt status, for Federal income tax purposes, for some non-profit organizations in the United States (see 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)). The term refers to: Section 501. ...
Blight is the name for any of a number of diseases affecting many species of plants. ...
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Life extension refers to an increase in maximum or average lifespan, especially in humans, by slowing down or reversing the processes of aging. ...
Imminst's Informal Credo I. Our current conscious "physical lives" here on this earth, in our familiar environment, with our family and friends are invaluable by essence.
II. These lives clearly are the sole "form of existence" we have got for sure, and thus definitely not worth betting on.
III. The occurrence of death entails the assured and utter destruction of our lives, our physical form of existence; as a man perishes, his common and close environment continues to live on and operates with his distinct absence; surely no one would expect a dead body to follow the pattern of activity it had while being alive, it is left only to rot and reek; suddenly so lifeless and unsightly.
IV. Based on materialistic philosophy; the prospect of conscious post-death survival of the spiritual sort is improbable and non-reliable. Spiritual immortality, which in most cases presupposes such survival - holds on to the same unfounded nature.
V. Based on common sense; the worldwide numerousity of religious and mystical creeds and their evident diversity significantly diminish their credibility and accordingly strengthen their fallibility. This point is highly important; suppose one particular post-death survival creed is correct, retaining a true miraculous or divine element - how could one tell it apart from the rest? –All creeds purport to retain such an element while revoking their contenders' claims. Due to the lack of impartial proof, or more precisely – the lack of physical means to attain such proof, it is quite impossible to tell creeds apart; most if not all seem to rely on subjective interpretation and so-called "ancient wisdom".
VI. There is nothing on earth that could possibly prove the existence of heaven, hell, or any other sort of desirable or undesirable post-death world; the same applies to the reincarnation creeds. On the other hand, there is plenty of evidence confirming that people would eventually die; that our physical life here on this beautiful planet, our definite form of existence as we know it - is bound to expire at a certain time - no more, no less.
Given the above circumstances, it is, as we most sincerely believe, that our real adversary can and should easily be indicated and indicted: Death. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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The Immortalist Society is a charitable trust [501(c)3] organization devoted to research and education in the areas of cryonics and life extension. ...
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Further reading - Immortality Institute. 2004. The Scientific Conquest of Death: Essays on Infinite Lifespans. Libros En Red. ISBN 987-561-135-2
- Bova, Ben. 2000. Immortality: How Science Is Extending Your Life Span-and Changing the World. New York: Avon. ISBN 0-380-79318-0
- Perry, R. Michael. 2000. Forever For All: Moral philosophy, Cryonics, and the Scientific Prospects for Immortality. New York: Universal Publishers. ISBN 1-58112-724-3
Benjamin William Bova (born November 8, 1932) is an American science fiction author and editor. ...
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