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Re:What ever happened to the first cryogenically frozen humans? by elliotec on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @01:47AM (#34062473)
> If we don’t die we don’t evolve.

Not as a species though. We just have to keep reproducing more of us that are good at staying alive and also reproducing to evolve. You and I theoretically could live forever in the same state, and still, our species would evolve via our offspring and theirs and so on.

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Re:What ever happened to the first cryogenically frozen humans? by pkrotich on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:53AM (#34062899)
I think the OP has a point - look at the cycle of innovation e.g in physics - happens almost every 100! I think it’s not an accident - as older generation die out the new ones can easily question the wisdom of the death vs living giants!
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Re:What ever happened to the first cryogenically frozen humans? by m4rtink on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:24AM (#34063984)
Or you could maybe go much faster as you don't have to tech new generations of physicists all iver again & you won't loose all the Nobel Price level geniuses after a few decades.
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