Authors: Steven Kotler
threats against,
238
obesity,
56
O’Brochta, David,
137
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
162
,
163
Oculus Rift,
30
Ohme, Chloe,
259
Oncos Therapeutics,
225
optic nerve, in near-death experiences,
41
–
42
Ortiz, Deborah,
212
Osmond, Humphry,
169
Ossur,
15
out-of-body experiences.
See
extreme states
Pacala, Stephen,
114
Page, Larry,
145
paranormal,
36
.
See also
extreme states
Parke, David and Company,
168
Parkinson’s disease,
206
parthenogenesis,
208
Pasteur, Louis,
204
Patient Alpha.
See
vision
: artificial implants for
pectus excavatum,
164
Pedersen, Roger,
211
Persinger, Michael,
47
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine,
27
peyote,
168
P gene,
136
pheromone bombs,
241
phone phreakers,
235
phosphorus,
150
pilots, out-of-body experiences in,
40
–
42
,
46
–
47
Planetary Resources Inc. (PRI),
145
platinum-group metals,
150
Pliny the Elder,
133
Pohl, Frederik,
27
polio genome,
233
from burning coal,
112
flying cars and,
101
Ponce de León,
185
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
after brushes with death,
43
–
45
psychedelic drugs for treatment of,
162
,
163
–
64
,
176
–
77
Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Power
(Cravens),
112
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues,
232
–
33
president of the United States,
219
–
46
biosensing technologies and,
242
–
43
ease of acquiring DNA from,
239
–
40
efforts to protect DNA of,
222
President’s Council on Bioethics,
214
,
217
“Preventing a Brave New World or Why We Should Ban Human Cloning Now” (Kass),
214
–
15
Price-Anderson Act,
110
Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer
(Lilly),
172
aesthetics of,
13
arm,
18
with embodied intelligence,
14
exoskeleton,
20
history of,
11
pain from,
16
in addiction treatment,
169
in alcoholism treatment,
169
animal use of,
167
current research on,
171
–
74
,
176
–
77
,
180
empathodelics and,
160
in end-of-life care,
157
–
61
,
164
–
67
,
170
–
71
,
180
–
82
legislation against,
169
–
70
,
173
in spiritual traditions,
167
–
68
punctuated equilibrium,
49
,
54
,
56
PUREX (Plutonium Uranium Extraction),
115
–
16
Raelians,
217
Raikhel, Alexander,
139
rate-of-living theory,
191
Realms of the Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research
(Grof),
172
Red Bull Stratos Project,
127
–
29
Registry of Standard Biological Parts,
234
Reiss, Spencer,
111
Rejuven,
193
religion
epilepsy associated with,
43
–
44
ethics of space travel and,
143
–
44
fear of death and,
29
psychedelic drugs in,
167
–
68
,
173
on sperm banks and incest,
259
–
60
stem cell research and,
207
,
208
–
10
,
217
on vision as proof of God,
74
REM sleep, near-death experiences and,
44
–
45
Retinal Prosthesis Lab,
76
Rheo Knee,
15
Rig Veda,
168
Riverwoods Field Laboratory,
86
Roe v. Wade,
208
Ross, Ronald,
134
Ross, Stephen,
169
Rossin, Dave,
118
Rothenberg, Ron,
185
–
87
,
192
,
197
–
98
Rothman, Norman “Roughneck,”
249
Rozelle, David,
5
–7,
10
–
12
,
15
–
19
,
20
–
21
Rutan, Burt,
151
Salk, Jonas,
55
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals,
168
Saskatchewan Study,
169
Satava, Richard,
15
Schmidt, Eric,
145
Schwartz, Peter,
11
science fiction
terraforming in,
87
Sears, Derek,
150
serotonin,
42
Shaw, George Bernard,
3
Shell,
148
Siegel, Ronald,
167
Simak, Paul,
145
Single Mothers by Choice,
253
The Singularity Is Near
(Kurzweil),
28
The Six Million Dollar Man
(TV show),
11
ski-BASE,
130
Skycar,
100
Skygrabber,
235
slavery, financial profitability of,
51
–
53
Small Scale Nuclear Reactors,
119
,
121
Socolow, Robert,
114
Sorenson, Kirk,
120
Southern Baptist Church,
260
Space Adventures Ltd.,
145
SpaceShipOne,
129
XPRIZE competition for,
xi
–
xiii
,
129
Special Theory of Relativity,
109
SPECT (single positron emission computed topography),
45
–
46
Spenser, Jack,
111
donor anonymity in,
253
–
57
,
260
–
62
donor screening for,
252
–
53
,
261
–
62
incest among offspring from,
257
–
60
regulation of,
251
,
258
–
59
,
260
–
63
Spirit of America
(car),
xii
fear of death and,
29
mystical experiences and,
33
–
48
near-death experiences and,
42
–
45
sports
out-of-body experiences in,
36
–
37
as play,
125
prosthetics and,
12
–
13
,
15
,
17
,
19
–
20
steroid use in,
183
,
187
–
90
,
193
–
95
stabilization wedges,
114
Stapledon, Olaf,
85
Stardust
(space vehicle),
146
stars, creation of,
xvii
State Children’s Health Insurance Program,
210
Steindl-Rast, David,
173
in anti-aging medicine,
199
availability of for research,
211
–
13
bioweapons and,
240
cancer and,
205
defining life and,
209
efforts to change federal law on,
213
–
15
from embryos,
209
hybridization of,
200
loss of research and researchers on in the US,
212
–
13
methods for obtaining,
207
–
8
,
214
–
15
parthenogenesis of,
208
potential of,
206
StemCells Inc.,
216
Sterling, Bruce,
247
Steroid Control Act,
189
–
90
,
198
anabolic and androgenic,
192
for cosmetic purposes,
190
human growth hormone,
198