Evidence status
Different technologies. Different levels of certainty.
Available now
DNA & sample storage
Genetic testing and forms of biological sample storage exist. Their usefulness depends on the material, preservation method, consent, custody and future application.
Outcome unproven
Cryonics
Organisations preserve people after legal death at very low temperatures. No cryonically preserved human has been revived.
Active research
Longevity & regeneration
Ageing biology, cellular reprogramming, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are real research fields whose eventual limits remain unknown.
Developing / speculative
AI & digital identity
AI can imitate patterns from a person's records. That is not evidence of continuity of consciousness or transfer of a person into software.
A rule for extraordinary claims
Ask what has actually been demonstrated, what exists only in early research, and what requires discoveries that have not happened.
Resurrection itself: there is currently no established technology capable of reconstructing and reviving a deceased human being from DNA, records or stored memories.
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