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PreliatorMax
Philippines37 Posts
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
Unless you own a private land and plan to recycle it later, I don't think you'd bring benfit to the earth itself. | ||
leperphilliac
United States399 Posts
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Kinetik_Inferno
United States1431 Posts
I don't understand cryogenics foundations. They simply don't make sense to me. What we should be focusing on is ensuring that our bodies last longer. We've already expanded our healthy lifespan something like 50 years longer than it normally would be. Who says we can't extend that longer? + Show Spoiler + Hail the Batoussi! | ||
Kenshin_915
Canada139 Posts
On March 24 2012 15:51 Kinetik_Inferno wrote: I don't understand cryogenics foundations. They simply don't make sense to me. What we should be focusing on is ensuring that our bodies last longer. We've already expanded our healthy lifespan something like 50 years longer than it normally would be. Who says we can't extend that longer? + Show Spoiler + Hail the Batoussi! Well it was mostly a joke, but assuming cryonics become feasible it would still be a groundbreaking technology to realize. The only reason our lifespans have increased "50 years" over the last two centuries or so is because our average lifespans have increased, not our maximum lifespan. For example, the person with the longest accurately recorded lifespan in history, Jeanne Calment, lived to be 122 and was born in 1875 and died in 1997. This represents the human maximum lifespan, our natural limit (That we know of). And yet even with all the technological and medical advancement we've achieved since 1875 the average person doesn't even come close to living that long. The odds of living to 115 or older are one in billions, and there are only hundreds of people on the planet that are older than 110. It's projected that by the year 2300, barring major scientific advances, lifespans for the people in the developed world would still only be 106 (77-81~ now).* This shows the need for major breakthroughs. Case in point, we've extended our average lifespand quite a bit for our whole species due to advances in medical care, but we've done virtually nothing to extend our maximum lifespands, as living to extreme old age is still extremely rare. As far as I know we still have a long, long way to go to extending the average Joe's lifespan to 150. There are a lot of people who are very optimistic such as Aubrey De Grey and Ray Kurzweil, bit I think their opitmism should be taken with a grain of salt, as there are an equal number of biologists who aren't as optimistic as they. The thing is we just don't know how long it will take to crack aging and start actually upping the maximum for the average person. Thus, people like Alcore come along and say "Well hey, here's an offer. Whether it's 100 or 200 years in the future or 500 that we solve aging, if you die before we do solve it, we'll give you a shot at being reanimated in the future when we have". Alcor exists NOW, and is the only (slim) shot that currently exists for achieving superhuman lifespans. So that's why there's a market for it. TL:DR, Aging is complicated as hell, the odds of major longevity breakthrough for the average joe in the next 50 years is slim, and even if we do it will probably be prohibitively expensive at first, so that's why there's Cryonics to give the little guy a chance. Also, here's a simplified chart of human aging to give you an idea of how complicated it is: *http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/longrange2/WorldPop2300final.pdf | ||
furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
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Kickboxer
Slovenia1308 Posts
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Drolla
United Kingdom389 Posts
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stonetalon
Netherlands482 Posts
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Humberto09
United States1 Post
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Kimaker
United States2131 Posts
I have no personal preference. I like to think that whoever is taking care of my whole being dead situation will do what is best for my loved ones, financially and emotionally. | ||
Plague1503
Croatia466 Posts
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Archybaldie
United Kingdom818 Posts
Heck put me in a box and toss me in a forest. | ||
GeorgeyBeats
United Kingdom338 Posts
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DocTheMedic
United States79 Posts
But if I don't get the above, cremation is fine too. | ||
Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5763 Posts
Oh, and throw the ashes from the Corcovado into the city of Rio. That way I'll never leave my beloved city. | ||
Aelfric
Turkey1496 Posts
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
So enjoy it while you can and be happy as much as possible. | ||
Aelfric
Turkey1496 Posts
On April 30 2012 20:45 Silentness wrote: I honestly dont care. I rather cherish every moment of my life now. Thinking about death is like thinking about losing a championship Sc match IMO. Bon Jovi said it best... ITS MY LIFE AND I AINT GOIN LIVE FOREVER! So enjoy it while you can and be happy as much as possible. Thinking about death doesn't mean you will think about how "death" feels. Death is there and it is a reality. You just think about what will happen to your body after it's done. Nothing should make you feel bad about it. | ||
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