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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You can't reverse 'aging'

[qurob]

Yes, remember in "Forever Young"?

Mel Gibson had those blood clots, and he'd make cool faces, fall over, and get back up 5 years older?

Re:Ice crystals?

[ImaLamer]

The "Birdseye" company perfected this years ago when they started selling frozen veggies...

Flash freeze.

Re:Ice crystals?

[ImaLamer]

Have you ever bought frozen veggies?

Perhaps this will help:
http://www.birdseye.com/about.html

Re:Ice crystals?

[ImaLamer]

http://www.birdseye.com/about.html

Have you ever bought frozen veggies? Have you bought exploded lima beans? Of course they aren't exploded...

Re:The bit I don't understand:

[Anonymous Coward]

> What possible motivation would any future
> society have to thaw these people out?

Imagine cryonics was invented 100 years ago.
Imagine you were chilled exactly 100 years ago.
Imagine you had around $1000USD in the bank.
Imagine the compound interest.
Imagine you have had it arranged to give a certain generous percentage to whomever can revive you.

You don't have to imagine too hard how many institutions would love to bring you back.

In short, the future may not want me, but I bet it wants my money.