Techies On Ice: The Coming Age of Cryonics

Frozen dinner writes: "SiliconValley.com is running a great article about technology workers' fascination with cryonics. From the article: "[the] otherworldly possibility of life after death [tantalizes] techies of all stripes -- mathematicians, physicists, software developers, computer programmers -- who make up a vast majority of those who have signed up for cryonics suspension. The family feud over deep-freezing baseball slugger Ted Williams has only intensified interest in cryonics in Silicon Valley and in the greater Bay Area, already a hotbed for the experimental and controversial process.""

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We're also going to build huge fuck-off pyramids..

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Dumb.

There's no proof that cryonics works -- that it is possible to reanimate a frozen human body. There's tons of proof that it does not work, that cellular matter gets "freezer burn" pretty quickly and destroys the precious protein chains and complex chemicals that make up life. Yes, even if it's really, really cold. If cryo tecnology can't keep whitefish safe from stinking on a trip to the midwest, how's it supposed to keep you intact for the thousand years it takes them to figure out the solution to cryonic's unfreezing, protein restructuring woes?

There's also no proof that humans will ever live much beyond 75 years old. That could be a very solid barrier that no amount of gene therapy and wishful pseudoreligious pride in technology can repair.

These poor idiots...willing to believe in life-after-death simply because it has a clever sci fi spin. Reminds me of an Orson Scott Card novel...if it doesn't make sense, invent physics where it does. Suckered in by the guarantee that "some day" they'll be able to fix everything when globally we can't even fix hunger, joblessness or disease. And even in the event that a cure becomes available, how's the frozen stiff supposed to pay for it? I laugh at the impossible thought of thousands of hopeful, foolish Faye Valentines, indentured to their doctors and their gift of immortality.

If you truly believe in science, learn Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit. Don't place your trust on ice.