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Author:  pcernie [ Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:37 am ]
Post subject:  Terminally-ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38012267
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Terminally-ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body
I did read that and think "bizarre".

I've always thought if being cryogenically frozen, it needs to happen whilst you're alive, otherwise when they "defrost" you, you'll still be a corpse.
Author:  pcernie [ Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Terminally-ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body
cloaked_wolf wrote:
I did read that and think "bizarre".

I've always thought if being cryogenically frozen, it needs to happen whilst you're alive, otherwise when they "defrost" you, you'll still be a corpse.


Considering who America just elected president, I rule out nothing any more!
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Terminally-ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body
cloaked_wolf wrote:
I did read that and think "bizarre".

I've always thought if being cryogenically frozen, it needs to happen whilst you're alive, otherwise when they "defrost" you, you'll still be a corpse.

You're frozen very soon after death, so the assumption is in hundreds of years the super advanced medicine will be able to resuscitate you THEN cure whatever killed you in the present. Seems a big assumption to me, but people get to do what they get to do.
Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Terminally-ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body
jonbwfc wrote:
cloaked_wolf wrote:
I did read that and think "bizarre".

I've always thought if being cryogenically frozen, it needs to happen whilst you're alive, otherwise when they "defrost" you, you'll still be a corpse.

You're frozen very soon after death, so the assumption is in hundreds of years the super advanced medicine will be able to resuscitate you THEN cure whatever killed you in the present. Seems a big assumption to me, but people get to do what they get to do.


It was on Star Trek - so it must work.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Terminally-ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body
IIRC the ones on Star Trek were actual in an orbiting satellite as it was considered less prone to brown/black-outs caused by problems with domestic power grids.
There's also the rather interesting issue of what happens in the event the company goes bankrupt - do the human popsicles get treated as income generating assets that can be sold off?

I wonder if they'll have invented the probulator from Futurama in time for people to start being thawed out.
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