Cryonics, Preserving Life

[Liquiduz]

There has been a way ceveloped so that you can be preserved by "vitrification". (not freezing)

Adding high concentrations of chemicals called cryoprotectants to cells permits tissue to be cooled to very low temperatures with little or no ice formation. The state of no ice formation at temperatures below -120°C is called vitrification. It is now possible to physically vitrify organs as large as the human brain, achieving excellent structural preservation without freezing."

"Human embryos are routinely preserved for years at temperatures that completely stop the chemistry of life. Adult humans have survived cooling to temperatures that stop the heart, brain, and all other organs from functioning for up to an hour.

Source and info: www.alcor.org/

I wanna know what you guys think of this if they were to improve on making humans be preserved longer... Good idea? Bad Idea? Would you do it?

[anthony]

People should die.
Harsh maybe, but we shouldnt preserve ourselfs its unnatural.
And if everyone keeps living untill there 100 were going to have heaps of problems for example were all going to have to work untill were 70 before we can retire.

[The Mad Jackyl]

Bad news, Anthony. Everyone on this board will most likely have to work until probably past that age if they can since the average life expectancy is always going up, thereby sapping the reserves of things such as Social Security. Back when Social Security was first instated during Roosevelt's presidency, the average life expectancy was 65. Guess at which age you were able to draw Social Security at? Yep, 65. So there were a lot fewer people using the system. Now, there's a lot more, leading to such things as Social Security reserves being completely sapped by 2017....? (Is that the correct predicted date, anybody?)

As for cyrogenic preservation, I've read that the body must be preserved within MINUTES, no more than 10 (possibly, I'm foggy on the exact number) because the brain dies very fast after death.

Excuse me for that Social Security history lesson.