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.

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