CRYONICS Freezing Body Near Death to Revive and Treat in the Future...Is It For You?

SeaBreeze

SeaBreeze

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Cryonics is where they freeze the body of someone who has died, only to revive them and possibly treat them in the future, when there have been more medical advancements. I heard on a show that there are now over 300 people who are frozen like this, waiting for the right time to attempt to bring them back to a full life.
http://www.alcor.org/
 

Thanks SeaBreeze! Your article on Cryonics is very interesting! :) The frozen chosen!

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"Cryonics is a bit different from being resuscitated after falling into an icy lake, though. First of all, it's illegal to perform cryonic suspension on someone who is still alive. People who undergo this procedure must first be pronounced legally dead -- that is, their heart must have stopped beating. But if they're dead, how can they ever be revived? According to scientists who perform cryonics, "legally dead" is not the same as "totally dead." Total death, they say, is the point at which all brain function ceases. Legal death occurs when the heart has stopped beating, but some cellular brain function remains. Cryonics preserves the littlecell function that remains so that, theoretically, the person can be resuscitated in the future."
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/cryonics1.htm

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My thinking is that life without end is meaningless. It is the knowledge that we are mortal is what makes us truly human.
I don't have any sort of death wish but when my time comes, I will be ready to go.
 

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