Do you really want to live as a caged monkey in a zoo though?
if you had the money, would you have your body frozen when you die?
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Do you really want to live as a caged monkey in a zoo though?
If I can't live forever through the use of anti-ageing medicines and techniques, I would like to be frozen at death so there's a chance I could be revived after I die.
Something I really want to do is live forever, or at least a very, very long time.
Something I really want to do is live forever, or at least a very, very long time.
I knew someone would mention him. He was never frozen
Seeing as it won't work, I wouldn't want to be frozen. I'd much rather do something decent with dead body, by donating my organs, assuming they're usable.
"Won't" or "can't" are probably words that should be avoided when talking about future technology
But you have to be frozen with today's technology.
But it still doesn't explain the "why would they do it" problem.
That's true, but you're going to be frozen with today's technology (as Tefal has already explained). Admittedly, it may be quite a while before we die, so that does give some time for freezing techniques to advance."Won't" or "can't" are probably words that should be avoided when talking about future technology
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There is a flaw in your devilish plan! I would want to be frozen now, i.e. in my prime not when I'm a cancer ridden old cripple.
But what if we never master the art of the cryostasis? What happens if simply freezing yourself isn't enough and would require some special injection, which we don't have...
I would have wasted my life!!
How would they be bankrupted by this though
, if where paying for the freezing of our bodies and the defrosting/bringing us back from the dead, plus obviously they would want to make a profit, so it would cost more for us, so in actual fact they shouldn't be bankrupt unless something happens whilst where frozen, like the company is bought out by someone else etc. then that would be an issue. Plus this would probably be supported by governments from around the world and no doubt a lot of money would go into this to ensure that nothing like this would happen and if something did happen they would have to figure out something as thousands of people would have signed contracts and plus we have our rights (maybe not when where dead , but if we choose to be frozen whilst where still relatively young).You never know
Yup, I would also want to be frozen whilst young and in my prime rather than being old and crippled, but you never know maybe sometime in the future (in about 500-1000 years
), there might be some kind of treatment, that could make you young again or restore your energy and bring some life back into you or something like that How would they be bankrupted by this though
because they charge a realtivly small amount, the treatment would likely cost the equivalent of hundreds of thousands or more and if it takes 500 years for it to be invented you're fee is hardly going to cover that much time and various political/economical changes.
Why would they?
They don't atm, and it's unlikely they would stump up a huge sum of money for an entirely elective procedure for someone who has never paid tax to them.
You're dead you have no rights.
You never know
Unless the government is going to give up on inheritance tax you do know.
imagine how crippling it would be for the economy if large chunks of it's people held onto their money/possessions/property/land indefinitely after death?
Yup, I would also want to be frozen whilst young and in my prime rather than being old and crippled, but you never know maybe sometime in the future (in about 500-1000 years
they've just rebuilt you're completely destroyed body, making you young would be relatively simple by comparison.
Actually it's takes a couple of hours for cells to die after death, they just shut down after a few minutes without oxygen, but don't die unless they are exposed to oxygen eg via cpr, in which case they undergo apoptosis.
the OP doesn't suggest that your mortal body will be defrosted and brought to a functioning state
the technology would most likely involve mapping your neuronal connections, and creating a virtual "you" - ie be reconstituted in binary form
the technology would most likely involve mapping your neuronal connections, and creating a virtual "you" - ie be reconstituted in binary form
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No.
I have enough of this life and it's scary that I could have another 30 years with all my aches & pains getting worse.
Even if they could make me younger and pain free I still wouldn't like the thought of waking up and living a new life.
What would be fun is being woken up every 100 years for a few days to see how it's changed and then get in your pod again.
I have enough of this life and it's scary that I could have another 30 years with all my aches & pains getting worse.
Even if they could make me younger and pain free I still wouldn't like the thought of waking up and living a new life.
What would be fun is being woken up every 100 years for a few days to see how it's changed and then get in your pod again.
