14 year old girl wins right to have body frozen

[B17BLG]

If one day they can cure her cancer and jump start her then that's the idea.

At present she couldn't be resuscitated and if she somehow then she would have the same cancer.

Aye. But she would be brain dead surely?

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

Aye. But she would be brain dead surely?

As I understand it, she is, but she's relying on uninvented technology to wake her from brain death.

I think.

 

[B17BLG]

As I understand it, she is, but she's relying on uninvented technology to wake her from brain death.

I think.

I see! talk about brain freeze!!

 

[The Cowboy]

Aye. But she would be brain dead surely?

Yeah, she'd dead, like totally dead Dave, killed by the cancer so unlikely they can simply remove the offending area.

So they need to figure out how to reanimated her and completely unwind the cancer that has overwhelmed her vital systems.

But yeah, other than that...

 

[Philw]

I've already informed my family that they are to strap my corpse into the passenger seat and take me for a drive round a safari park, when we get into the Lion enclosure they are to push me out and record the Lions going to town on me and stick it up on youtube and watch the views and likes roll in. Told them to disable the comments section though cos I don't want people saying nasty thing and upsetting the family.

Why not just do it now??

Good question. I don't think it's a particularly religious thing to wonder what it is that makes us...us.

From a biological/ecumenical angle, the freezing process is supposed to take place asap after death, so perhaps the 'soul' wouldn't have left the body by that point?

I suppose the acceptance would depend on whether by the time you were brought back re-animation was common place. If however you were the first I would imagine that you would be treated like a freak for the rest of your (second) life and would never be able to lead a normal life - whatever that would be in those times.

Have you seen Woody Allen's film Sleeper? Comedy angle on this subject.

Or maybe the first to be revived would be considered a kind of novelty. Then when it becomes common place, there would be resentment. Resentment that they've been given a second chance or resentment that the world is overpopulated and they are considered an extra burden.
I've no idea really, I certainly won't be around to witness the outcome...

I've not seen the Woody Allen film but I have seen 'Chiller' by Wes Craven. It didn't work out well..

I would presume that people would be re-introduced to society on the sly, like witness relocation.

They'd only thaw this girl out once reanimation has been tried, tested and proven 100% successful, AND they've developed a bona fide cure for terminal cancer (interestingly, if her cancer is so advanced that it's killed her, what real hope does she have of ever being cured?). I'd say such a time is a long, long way off.

Yeah, it's not like they've just got to cure something that is going to kill her. It's already done it. Although considering she has apparently done enough research to get it past a court, I guess there must be enough evidence out there to suggest it could theoretically be possible one day.

 

[Philw]

She could have merely said ' well, you don't know what they might be capable of in the future', to which they have no comeback.

Surely they wouldn't make such a big decision on such a whim?

 

[The Cowboy]

Surely they wouldn't make such a big decision on such a whim?

It's a case of how you deny them a right to something they cannot categorically state will never be feasible in the future.

 

[neil999]

the misconceptions on this thread are incredible!

 

[Bungle]

Why not just do it now??

 

[COYBL25]

That reminds me of Quadrant Park in its hey day