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Cryonics: For a mere $220K you can be frozen at death with zero chance of being revived.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:16 am
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:16 am
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For the low price of $220,000, Alcor is selling the chance to live a second life.
Critics say cryonics is a pipe dream, no different from age-old chimeras like the fountain of youth. Scientists say there's no way to adequately preserve a human body or brain, and that the promise of bringing a dead brain back to life is thousands of years away.
But Alcor is still selling that chance. And ever since Linda and Fred Chamberlain founded the Alcor Life Extension Foundation back in 1972, Linda has watched Alcor's membership swell with more people wanting to take that chance. More than 1,300 people have now signed up to have their bodies sent to Alcor instead of the graveyard.
The ultimate snake oil?
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Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:19 am to LSUAlum2001
This post was edited on 7/10/20 at 10:24 am
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:19 am to LSUAlum2001
I'm assuming you have to be frozen alive for this to potentially work?
$220K is OT pocket change brah (and we all will live for 250 years)
$220K is OT pocket change brah (and we all will live for 250 years)
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:19 am to LSUAlum2001
When Ted Williams comes back and hits .400 in 2097, who'll be calling it snake oil then?
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:20 am to idlewatcher
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I'm assuming you have to be frozen alive for this to potentially work?
No, the article was centers around a dude who died of prostate cancer. The wife hopes he can be revived from the dead and cured.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:20 am to LSUAlum2001
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The ultimate snake oil?
If you can afford it, you risk losing absolutely nothing.
You either die and it works so you live forever or you die and it doesn't work so you're still dead.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:21 am to LSUAlum2001
I'm gonna take the wait and see approach on this one.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:21 am to LSUAlum2001
Alcor labs:
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:21 am to LSUAlum2001
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:22 am to No Colors
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When Ted Williams comes back and hits .400 in 2097, who'll be calling it snake oil then?
His headless body will hit .400?
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:22 am to LSUAlum2001
So at $220k a pop, this company has made $286 million? Not too shabby.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:23 am to No Colors
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When Ted Williams comes back and hits .400 in 2097, who'll be calling it snake oil then?
No way Ted Williams is hitting .400 against Dominican throwing 100+ with a viscous curveball to boot.
This post was edited on 7/10/20 at 10:29 am
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:24 am to No Colors
Cannot wait
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:26 am to LSUAlum2001
IWHI
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:29 am to LSUAlum2001
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:30 am to soccerfüt
God damn 
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:31 am to idlewatcher
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I'm assuming you have to be frozen alive for this to potentially work?
I don't think they've worked out the unfreezing process and whether it includes bringing you back from the dead.
They just offer to freeze you in case future technology allows unfreezing and revival.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:32 am to TH03
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If you can afford it, you risk losing absolutely nothing.
You either die and it works so you live forever or you die and it doesn't work so you're still dead.
Right. The real ballsy decision would be to freeze yourself in your prime like Austin Powers.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 11:27 am to LSUAlum2001
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His headless body will hit .400?
No. His bodyless head will.
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