Writer Michael Shermer makes a point while talking to about 70 people at the University of Otago yesterday. Best-selling US science writer Dr Michael Shermer blended almost equal portions of humour and scepticism into a lively closing address at a Dunedin conference on "Science and the Afterlife". Of persistent attempts to freeze human bodies for potential later long-term reanimation, Dr Shermer said "I'm not recommending it - it doesn't work". Dr Shermer said the "really scary large" amount of information required was impossible to be gathered and stored. Dr Shermer founded The Skeptics Society, and is editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 14, 2019 16:30 UTC