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I've figured out that if a conversation can be linked to Scarlett Johansson, someone's gonna post cleavage.
Maybe the two are linked.
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Suspended Animation a reality. one step closer to immortality folks.
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I've figured out that if a conversation can be linked to Scarlett Johansson, someone's gonna post cleavage.
Maybe the two are linked.
Duane Cunningham
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Also, we'll be the ones whose parents have been gone for thousands of years while everyone else still has theirs.
But hey, at least we're not the 7th generation of immortals, who are doomed to always be the youngest on the planet without kids of their own, since that's the point at which we'll need to stop reproducing.
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SquiddyCracker
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This isn't that amazing, and probably won't carry over much in terms of long-term cryogenic storage.
Replacing blood with cold liquids has been possible for ages already, and is routinely performed on individuals cryogenically frozen. The problem with it is that it still causes cellular damage long-term, which is why the article mentions the relatively short time frame of two hours that the doctors have.
Replacing blood with cold liquids has been possible for ages already, and is routinely performed on individuals cryogenically frozen. The problem with it is that it still causes cellular damage long-term, which is why the article mentions the relatively short time frame of two hours that the doctors have.
Henchmen21
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Everyone celebrating this doesn't realize how stupid immortality is especially in a world with finite resources and limited space.
SILENCE, BASELINE HU-MAN.
Population decline, how does it work?
Someone didn't read the article.
And even if suspended animation were immortality, it wouldn't cause a problem, because suspended people can't do anything.
And immortal people have to take long view, or your future is going to be miserable. So it won't be a problem automatically either...
SquiddyCracker
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Yeah, immortality would actually fix all our problems because right now most of our problems are caused by the attitude of "not going to be my problem, let future generations deal with climate change/resource decline/wars/pollution/economy".
Alcoremortis
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This is why space exploration is important. We should be allocating more resources towards looking for exotic matter instead of hiring the most expensive military contractors we can find.
I said people have to take the long view if they don't want to be miserable later on. I didn't say they will take that... I assume most actually don't realize this and going to be idiots.
And if they will take the long view, i doubt it will fix everything, someone will make new problems...
Duh, i'm good at arguing against myself.
You know what i think immortal people will do first? Something stupid and reckless (like base jumping without the parachute), on the account "they can't die", and end up dying.
Either way we need to reach for the stars again. It's insane how we've stagnated for so long. Also damn science continues to blow my mind. It really is amazing what were capable of.
George Oscar Bluth II
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This way we can keep Hugh Jackman at the right age to continue playing Wolverine.
Alcoremortis
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It's crazier when you think that science is almost exclusively funded by the government and that funding only is about 3% of the national budget. And is the primary inhibitor to new discoveries.
We could have had ten deep space probes leaving the solar system right now instead of one if the government hadn't stamped down on JPL's grand tour project (they wanted to make ten Voyager space probes, but since it was the Cold War, the government wanted more missiles, so they could only launch two). It was the only window of opportunity in ten thousand years where the planets would be aligned in such a way to make the journey feasible with the tech at the time and we only got out two probes.
Stuff like that makes me want to scream. We make all these leaps, but if it weren't for these idiotic bureaucracy decisions, we could have had so much more.
See You Next Wednesday
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I thought this practice had been going on for awhile now,
SuicideUZI
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So this is how the zombie apocalypse begins
Stabby McSter
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After these people are unfrozen, I hope people greet them with, "ICE TO SEE YOU"
and then freeze them again
and then freeze them again
speculawyer
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Look at all that HAIR.
Femmeworth
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The patients will wish they were dead after they get the bill. This shit can't be cheap.
. I've recently just learned about Carl Sagan and it saddens me even more just how far we've fallen. But besides that today has been a good day for science, just saw in another thread all the news about other crazy stuf happening.Suspended Animation is a daily occurrence. who cares about that?
that guy that got robbed or shot is a once in a lifetime occurrence, how could you not report that?
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Meesh
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Just to be clear, the whole "Jehovahs Witnesses" blood issue actually gets a little muddy depending on the individual. I've heard many of them say that as long as their own blood is circulated during procedure, or plasma is used, transfusions are almost tolerated. The main argument being that spilled blood, ie. not contained by medical means and not your own is declared unclean and belongs to god. That's basically te rude gist of it.
It might not make sense...like "rule bending" as it were but depending on ones conscience, certain procedures may be accepted.
...I'll just break down here and finally admit to being a Jehovah's Witness for 15 years.
Femmeworth
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It just dawned on me that this shit could make suicide a whole lot harder.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Good, that might pave the road for safe & legal euthanasia.
So many things can go wrong with unassisted suicide, it really shouldn't be done without medical supervision.
Yup.
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In all seriousness though this is pretty neat. I imagine people will only start appreciating how significant it is when it has become a much more common place procedure, i.e. more people have been saved by it.
WordAssassin
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Yeah, reading that, and thinking about it now as I post this, is really upsetting. The weight of knowing there's a life you could save but you're 'forbidden' from is... it's just really sad for everyone involved. Getting kind of emotional thinking about it.
AuthenticM
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Should have been first reply.
Zoe
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Either from messing with the natural order of things or the procedure not helping.
Demoncarnotaur
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So, have they tested this yet?
I live in Pittsburgh, and while I don't watch the news a lot, I am surprised I haven't heard about this. It really seems like a great way to save lives that otherwise would have been lost.
I live in Pittsburgh, and while I don't watch the news a lot, I am surprised I haven't heard about this. It really seems like a great way to save lives that otherwise would have been lost.
I work a minute from the hospital and out of curiosity, I emailed them about opting out. The article makes it sound like you have to ALWAYS be wearing this bracelet they give you to opt out which sounds pretty ridiculous.
and I'm pretty sure they are just waiting for the perfect person/situation to come through the ER and they will then test the procedure.
Demoncarnotaur
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Out of curiosity, where do you work? I am about a minute down the road also, haha.
That seems like a weird way to opt out, but at the same time, this seems like something they will try only in a situation where someone would die anyways.
Demoncarnotaur
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I currently work at a nearby hotel, but that is all I am saying. With the outfit I have to wear the last thing I want to do is bump into someone from gaf. :lol
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