To Freeze Or Not To Freeze

[horacejesse]

Quote:This thread should have been called "Deep Thoughts, by HoraceJesse." Were you actually freezing some tracks and took a little tangent there? No, I work out of an old fashioned studio and know nothing about freezing tracks as earlier described.Age is a big factor in the decision. I would take a chance against the twenty or so years left.The generational thing--there is a spot for your signature that says not to render you until you can be sent back to the past as a young person. Which past? Well, the twenty and twenty-first centuries may already be full of time migrants. We may not be able to choose a time with modern bathroom luxuries. Be prepared to wake up as a teenager during the Spanish inquisition or as a caveman brighter than most. You may invent the wheel twenty thousand years early.

[ciskokidd]

Quote:Quote:This thread should have been called "Deep Thoughts, by HoraceJesse." Were you actually freezing some tracks and took a little tangent there? No, I work out of an old fashioned studio and know nothing about freezing tracks as earlier described.Age is a big factor in the decision. I would take a chance against the twenty or so years left.The generational thing--there is a spot for your signature that says not to render you until you can be sent back to the past as a young person. Which past? Well, the twenty and twenty-first centuries may already be full of time migrants. We may not be able to choose a time with modern bathroom luxuries. Be prepared to wake up as a teenager during the Spanish inquisition or as a caveman brighter than most. You may invent the wheel twenty thousand years early.Oh-oh, now you're messing with space-time continuum. We must not violate the prime directive!! "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!" --Doc BrownCisco

[drshush]

Okay...so cryogenic freezing is one thing...time travel is a Whoooooole different kettle of fish here. (Feel free to start a new thread - this one can't handle cryogenics AND time-travel.)Time don't work that way. There'll be no sending back of individuals.Snap-freezing and thawing is already done by a lot of insects and some fish.From there it's conceivable you could be transferred to a new body, or have your brain patterns downloaded into a computer etc... but time-travel ain't happenin.I can imagine that there WOULD be anti-overpopulation laws however, that may prevent you coming out at a specific time if everybody wants out all at once....then again cryogenic freezing aint cheap...may not be enough people that can afford it, so as to seriously affect global population levels.

[ragani]

Quote:I'm against freezing on principle. I won't even live in Wisconsin. I want to be warm thanks. Now if you find a way to keep me alive by parking my body on a tropical island, we can talk.Quote:It was around 20 degrees when I loaded the car after last night's gig. This freezing stuff is entirely overrated I am from Wisconsin, and it's well below freezing here now. I'm not against the freezing idea, but frankly I'd rather do what the yoga masters do and consciously transfer to a whole new body, without all the problems of the old, diseased one. Fresher idea. My husband and I have decided that we'll probably pick up a body that's already old enough to not have to go through school again. We both did well in school, but we'd rather skip it next time around! There's my $0.02. So I'm there with paults and Traveling Ed Teja-- I'll pass on the freezing. See you guys in the tropics! Raags

[arkjack]

Certainly post-mortis resuscitation is easier when you are in a cryogenic preserved state as opposed to my wish to be cremated and have my ashes spread out at the old grounds (my favorite flounder fishing spot....)..... My grandparents are at the end of the inlet at cape may,... and my uncle and aunt are in the rips off the lighthouse.... quite a position of extremes wouldn't you say..... ?? I wouldn't raise any moral issue with anyone who said they wanted to do it.... but consider the risks..... suppose with a global population of 6.65 billion that will double in the next 25 years.... and thats even if "they" implement population control initiatives.... and then an avian flu, and bovine disease, and water pollution from all the human poo poo in the ocean kills off all the fowl, beef, and fish food supplies..... so now there's nothing to eat..... but wait a minute.... there's 190 of ArkJack preserved at the Cryogenics institute..... mmmm you know what ... he wasn't so tough...... rather tender and salty tasting.... Another question I ask.... at least myself... is 'are you sure you want to come back...?' Haven't you had enough of this s**t already?? And what if after 25 years you are resuscitated... and you find that the human race now at 13+ billion has not improved or advanced socially and its even worse than today in terms of crimes and prison populations, slavery, suffering, and all the other injustice we experience day to day now.... So in 25 years you are alive again and they have a new set of laws that mandates you be kept alive, and medicine has advanced to the point where there's nothing that can kill you..... only its not that euphoric dreamworld you imagined where beautiful woman surround you providing favors, and all the food and money you could possibly want.... its the same place it is now.... and the nastiest b***h you ever knew.... your ex-wife from the 2nd marriage is also revived and you are mandated by some law to live with her again..... and there's no food, no money, no excess toys... music is out of business.... and while you were sleeping ..... a nimrod like Hitler took over the world.....and its now a police state and you go back to work everyday with no retirement...... I've had my good days, and I've had my bad days..... once its done its over.... and I have no fear of the final hour.... I fought a good fight as best as a good man could.... and I can't go back to change anything..... so live and let live, and die and let die...... I'll take my chances on an afterlife.....ArkJack

[matto]

I would just like to point out that the subtitle of this particular section of the forum reads:"A cozy place to hang out and discuss all things music"

[jchitty]

With my luck, if I cryogenically froze myself, I'd turn out like Dippin' Dots ice cream.

[davewalton]

Quote:With my luck, if I cryogenically froze myself, I'd turn out like Dippin' Dots ice cream. Once a Dot... always a Dot.

[jchitty]

Quote:Quote:With my luck, if I cryogenically froze myself, I'd turn out like Dippin' Dots ice cream. Once a Dot... always a Dot. Not bad, not bad at all.

[tedsingingfox]

Quote:Quote:With my luck, if I cryogenically froze myself, I'd turn out like Dippin' Dots ice cream. Once a Dot... always a Dot. Here, Here!!!