X-Message-Number: 2214 Newsgroups: sci.cryonics From: (Timothy Freeman) Subject: Re: Hibernation Message-ID: <> References: <> Date: Fri, 7 May 1993 13:26:54 GMT In article <> (Matt Parker) writes: The whole reason for this scenario is that the technology to achieve human hibernation will probably be easier to achieve than the technology to freeze people to 77 K without damage. In fact, with current advances in biotechnology, human hibernation would seem to be at most a few decades away. Comments? A person who is healthy enough to live their life now should probably do so. A person who is nearly dead is probably not going to survive hibernation for very long. (Dispute these premises if you disagree!) So who is going to hibernate? I can imagine the technology being useful for very resource-limited space ships, but not as a substitute for cryonics. Aside: If people are ever frozen without damage, it's probably going to happen at a temperature higher than 77K. -- Tim Freeman <> When they took the fourth amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs. When they took the sixth amendment, I kept quiet because I know I'm innocent. When they took the second amendment, I said nothing because I don't own a gun. Now they've come for the first amendment, and I can't say anything at all. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2214