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cryonics - why do you need to die first?

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grannylyn65 Thu 12-Jan-17 18:28:50

Daphne grin

DaphneBroon Thu 12-Jan-17 17:06:18

www.cryonics.org/

There's big bucks in freezing and not a lot of customers ask for their money back.
Not like M&S for instance.

Christinefrance Thu 12-Jan-17 16:50:03

I agree Ana. In the recent case of the girl who opted for this I did have concerns about the storage of the bodies. If they are kept for say 100 years, who pays for this to be maintained, what if the firm goes bankrupt, what if, what if. So many questions, it's a scary process.

Ana Thu 12-Jan-17 16:22:21

If I got to the stage where I couldn't lead a meaningful life, I'd much rather opt for euthanasia rather than be frozen.

Who would want to be revived and cured 100 years down the line when all that's familiar has vanished and friends and family long gone?

DaphneBroon Thu 12-Jan-17 16:07:48

Because they would be killing you otherwise and guilty of murder?
Try spending a night in a chest freezer with the lid down and see if you are capable of even having an opinion in the morning!

tanith Thu 12-Jan-17 16:06:35

Isn't that the whole point of cryonics? They freeze your body in the hope that whatever you died from can be cured in the future. Why on earth would you want to be frozen while alive? Am I missing something? Probably am grin

janetmaile Thu 12-Jan-17 15:59:31

I've been interested in cryonics (freezing your body after death) since the 1980s, but I'm in favour of choosing to have this done while you're still alive. If I got to a stage where I couldn't lead a meaningful life, it would make sense to have my body frozen and brought back when I could be cured of illness. Why do others think?