Larry King has died

Re:Larry King has died by xiphias2 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @10:34AM (#25882918)

Actually it helps other people: it's used for researching more efficient ways of cryopreservation, thereby making it more accessible.

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Re:Larry King has died by mensetmanusman on Saturday January 23, 2021 @11:24AM (#25883426)

The same money could be spent on increasing the rate of research in this area by 100-1000x if we could solve how to do this on mice first...

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Re:Larry King has died by Aeronwen on Saturday January 23, 2021 @01:01PM (#25884579)

The effectiveness of cryogenics goes way down when you don't freeze yourself.

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Re:Larry King has died by zucker42 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @11:19AM (#25883370)

I believe the chance that anyone who is cryopreserved today will ever be revived is exceedingly small, so I look at the whole venture as futile and in the same way I might look at an overly expensive funeral. Personally, I would spend my money to enjoy my life more while I'm alive, or else to help others in some tangible way.

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Re:Larry King has died by xiphias2 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @03:35PM (#25885811)

Actually it is important tech for living people as well. The technology De Greg Fahy is working on can be used to freeze and unfreeze organs. It may save your (living) life if you get an organ just at the right time.

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