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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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  1. Re:Cryogenics could be possible by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 3, Informative

    Two comments.. one, that species of frog has been shown to freeze in nature. It may be able to be frozen for the cold season, but long-term freezing is a much, much harder accomplishment.

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