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A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place

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Re: A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place

#5

Would people want this? Imagine waking up to a world where 200 years has passed, everyone you knew is dead, everything you knew is history.

Just buy the family pack and get your wife and kids on it too.

As for traveling to the future: that sounds like fun!

Re: A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place

#7

Would people want this? Imagine waking up to a world where 200 years has passed, everyone you knew is dead, everything you knew is history.

Why do you assume that everyone you know will be dead? Won't some of them also be preserved.

As for "everything you knew is history", who wouldn't want to witness and be a part of a new world?

Re: A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place

#8

Would people want this? Imagine waking up to a world where 200 years has passed, everyone you knew is dead, everything you knew is history.

I quite enjoyed the original run of the docuseries "Futurama" on this concept.

Re: A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place

#9

Would people want this? Imagine waking up to a world where 200 years has passed, everyone you knew is dead, everything you knew is history.

Why do you assume that everyone you know will be dead? Won't some of them also be preserved. As for "everything you knew is history", who wouldn't want to witness and be a part of a new world?

I just got an app idea

Re: A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place

#10

Would people want this? Imagine waking up to a world where 200 years has passed, everyone you knew is dead, everything you knew is history.

Fry found a way to make it work

It's dolomite, baby
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