Would You Consider Cryonics if you Could Afford It?

@noni1959 (9886)
United States
March 22, 2023 12:15am CST
I watched a movie on Netflix called, "Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice. I've heard about people wanting to "freeze" their bodies but I didn't know there was a lab in the US that has frozen the bodies and heads of 200 people to be brought to life in the future. I looked up articles and one such article (Jan 25, 2022, U.S.Sun), talks about the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, located in Scottsdale, Arizona, their process, price and concerns. Alcor will freeze for centuries a whole body for $200,000 or the head and brain for $80,000. It has to be done within minutes, preferably within 60 seconds according to the movie. The bodies are slowly lowered in temperature, and packed into giant containers of liquid nitrogen at about -196 C. Usually, the body is packed in ice and frozen before the blood is replaced with a solution. No electricity is needed since liquid nitrogen is frozen. The movie talked about Matheryn Naovaratpong "Einz" who died of cancer. When the family realized there was no hope, her father began researching cryonics. The family was against it at first but months later, he talked them into it. Right now, there is no way to resuscitate. My question, how do you resuscitate a body if it's just a head or just a brain? Wouldn't there be damage from being frozen for decades? Wouldn't it be like when you get freezer burnt meat? It's claimed the process prevents this but does it really?
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
22 Mar 23
The question you should be asking is why would people in the future care about bringing back and curing someone from our time? The Earth will be even more crowded than it is now. Anyone "brought back" will be hopelessly under-educated to earn a living in the future... The people who thought this cryonics up are giggling behind their hands all the way to the bank.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
22 Mar 23
Great questions. Why would the future care unless it's to experiment for their own people.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
22 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil Yes, I do. It's been happening already in many ways so wouldn't surprise and thankfully I won't be alive to see it.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
22 Mar 23
@Fleura Exactly... See how many more suckers you can trick into paying you to throw their relatives' bodies away.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Mar 23
This sounds like so much rubbish to me. A good way of parting people from their money but I'm a bit cynical sometimes.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
22 Mar 23
@JudyEv The way the world is going, I don't see people having much empathy. It would seem more of a dissecting science experiment to those in the future. Just sad all the way around.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Mar 23
@noni1959 You'd have to put all your trust in these people that they will do the right thing.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
24 Mar 23
It sound’s completely pointless and creepy to me!
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
22 Mar 23
Sounds interesting. No opinion if I want to be 'frozen' but top of my head, it will be a no for me.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
22 Mar 23
@noni1959 same. Will be donating my organs.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
22 Mar 23
@allen0187 I have Science Care taking me. No cost. It's just my shell anyway. If they can use me to figure out something or teach medical students, great.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
22 Mar 23
Me either. I'm going to science after I die but for medical studies.
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@jstory07 (134460)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 Mar 23
I do not think the process will work and if it did there would be so many changes that you would not belong in the future. And what are they going to do with a brain or a head.
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@jstory07 (134460)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 Mar 23
@noni1959 They would not belong in the future.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
22 Mar 23
I feel the same way. Say in 200 years, the bodies/heads were still being watched, the world was still going, and they figured out how to revive a body. How is that person going to respond? Do they have to learn again from baby hood? All memories are gone? Will they be like zombies? If they have memories, how will they feel in the new world?
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
22 Mar 23
@jstory07 No they wouldn't.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
22 Mar 23
I do not think this is good because there will always be some side effects on this
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
26 Mar 23
@noni1959 that would be crazy
@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
26 Mar 23
I wonder what the plan is. Are there generations to be hired to keep watch and is there a time they will destroy?
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Mar 23
I would love to do this. I am a very curious person and I would love to come back in a few decades and see how the world is doing. I would wonder about resuscitating a brain too. But, this is to be done in the future when they should know what can be done with a brain and how to rescusitate thebody/ brain safely.. Perhaps they will computerize it or put it in an android. Who knows! Interesting to be around and find out.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Mar 23
@noni1959 ............If I am doing it knowing I am about to die anyway I would.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
26 Mar 23
Interesting. If you have this done, I hope your brain will function. I would love to know the technology in the future but never would I do this.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
22 Mar 23
I am not sure if it is 100% effective. Who knows? It might be proven in the future.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
26 Mar 23
We won't know though. I'm curious what will happen when the time comes.
@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
22 Mar 23
I don't believe I would consider it Loretta.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
26 Mar 23
Me either. Just doesn't seem right.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
22 Mar 23
I do not even consider this option. Once I go I hope it will be forever.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
26 Mar 23
Me too.
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@Fleura (29129)
• United Kingdom
22 Mar 23
This raises so many questions and not just practical ones but ethical and legal.... I wrote a whole series of posts about this subject years ago (on Bubblews I think) but maybe I could re-visit the topic because I have far too much to say about it to fit in a response!
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
26 Mar 23
If you write this, tag me. I'd love to read it. Sometimes I miss discussions. I was on Bubblews but don't remember this.
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@Fleura (29129)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 23
@noni1959 OK I'll try and remember : )
@leighnyork (1880)
22 Mar 23
It is an attempt to discover immortality. I think it is all in vain.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
26 Mar 23
I agree.