Cryonics

[sserafim]

Thoughts on cryonics? Medical miracle or scientific scam?

"Cryonics is the practice of preserving humans and animals at cryogenic temperatures in the hope that future science can restore them to a healthy living condition as well as rejuvenate them. At present cryonics can only be performed after pronouncement of legal death of the cryonics subject."

 

[WhiteRabbit]

I remember reading about a guy who was running a really small company like this and he lost power, the backup generators failed, and everyone thawed out.

I personally wouldn't sign up for something like this.

 

[sserafim]

@DarkRange55 What do you think?

 

[cantthinkofusername]

cool in concept, but i dont trust the technology yet
the odds that nothing goes wrong in the ??? years it takes for us to maybe develop the technology to unfreeze people just seems small

 

[4am]

imo it's useless and just created to scam rich ppl who are afraid to die. and scamming rich ppl is based so i'm all for it

 

[MyChoiceAlone]

how on earth would this work now?

if there really is a soul, what happens to it? you're announced dead so your soul should have left. does it come back at a later date?

i'd imagine this would cost a fortune and there is no telling how long it would take for the human race to advance to that level. it could take thousands of years. we haven't even found a cure for the common cold let alone the conditions that ail me.

currently you may be 'royalty' for lack of a better word but when you get reanimated, you won't be more than a guinea pig.

in a much more advanced time without a dime to your name - that should be fun!

i think it's a total scam

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I think it's gamble and we're nowhere close to revive or rejuvenate a dead body.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Who really knows in the future? Imagine trying to tell medieval times people about DNA, fingerprints, cloning, genetic engineering etc. Maybe it will be possible some day.

I suppose it's more the fascination I have with people who don't want to die. Who would be happy to roll the dice again and live. That just seems so weird to me!

Plus, I bet their relatives are so pissed watching all their would-be inheritance spent on keeping them as a human popsicle till the money runs out.

 

[winamp]

here's an interesting video I saw on this subject a long time ago

can't really understand why someone would do it (really expensive to do and maintain + the previous failures and incidents) and I am not sure if it's a scam

 

[TopChicken]

If I could, i would absolutely do this. I really want to see what happens. Aside from that, the risk is minimal, you just never wake up, and if you do, it may be into a better world where medical advances could fix whatever ails you now. Worst chance you could just ctb in that time period.

 

[DarkRange55]

@DarkRange55 What do you think?

Broad subject.

 

[sserafim]

Broad subject.

Wdym? Do you think it's likely to work and be successful or is it all just a big scam?