THE FUTURE OF DEATH - Extending human lifespans & the possibility of immortality
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4 reviews - Highgate Cemetery West
Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £13.20
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Tue, 2nd Oct 2018 @ 19:30 - 21:30
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19:30 - 21:30
A Salon in the Cemetery with Dr Jon Troyer
Since the beginning of history, humans have attempted to prolong their existence on this Earth. Chinese Emperors fervently sought the Elixir of Life and several are believed to have died from consuming potions concocted by their alchemists, which actually comprised such substances as Arsenic and Mercury. Amrita (“immortality juice”) is described in the Hindu scriptures. In Europe alchemists have sought the “Philosopher’s Stone”, whose powers include restoring lost youth, since Ancient Greek times.
It is only with the advent of modern science that these life-extension goals begin to seem achievable and many researchers and corporations today are working on prolonging human lifespans to well over 100 years. The key to this research is understanding how exponentially increasing a person's age also requires slowing (or stopping) the ageing process. In this talk, John Troyer will explore the current research in radical life extension as well as the politics and bioethics of having a body that might never 'die'.
A new approach to death is only possible if we come to understand our increasingly technologically mediated mortality and its impact on the law and social interaction. The future of human mortality is much less about whether or not death can be ‘cured.’ The real question is whether that scenario is desirable.
Each ticket includes a delightful gin cocktail and a 20% donation towards a host of restoration projects at Highgate Cemetery.
About the Speaker:
Dr Jon Troyer is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. He is a co-founder of the Death Reference Desk website, the Future Cemetery Project and a frequent commentator for the BBC. His most recent book is Technologies of the Human Corpse (published by the University of North Carolina Press).
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The Future of Death
Includes a delightful gin cocktail
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19:30 - 21:30 | £13.20 |
Location
Address
Highgate Cemetery West, The Chapel, Swain's Lane, Highgate, N6 6PJ
Nearest Station
Archway (Tube)
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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