What happened to the first cryogenically frozen humans?
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#2As far as I can tell, the thesis of this article amounts to ‘cryonics is a weird idea, but what's even more weird is believing in the future.’
If you put aside the overt scorn, it's actually a fairly interesting article, and surprisingly upbeat at that.
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#3disney on ice
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#4I see this as the central plot device of a great new TV streaming series!
With all the quirkiness of the 70s and giving Westworld a run for its money ;)
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#5If this article piqued your interest, Atrocity Guide has a fantastic video about the history of cryonics.
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#6Was it Niven or Heinlein that speculated people in the future would be like screw you popsicles, we need organ donors?
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#7Was it Niven or Heinlein that speculated people in the future would be like screw you popsicles, we need organ donors?
Niven.
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#8I thought the idea is the brain is going to be scanned and uploaded to the Matrix.
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#9If you like sci-fi the “bobiverse” series that starts with We Are Legion (We Are Bob) is good and use cryogenics as a central part of the setup.
One question it explores: what exactly might people in the future want to do with the consciousness that have been frozen (hint it might not be good), and why?
Not award winning like Octavia Butler but it’s a fun read.
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#10Years ago when I was in medical school, I concluded to improve quality of life, no matter how finite, is a better endeavour than to prolong it. There's something tremendously philosophically satisfying to recognizing that death is just the recycling of life so that new life can happen.