what would happen if i was instantly frozen to absolute zero. Could i be revived in 1,000 years?

Question

So i can see what it's like in 3000

Answer 1

Well, by absolute zero I take it that you mean very cold and not the 0 Kelvin zero. As that is a theoretical state of absolute nothingness.

And by frozen, I guess you are talking about cryonics. The study of fast freezing of lifeforms (generally humans) to preserve them to last until a solution has been found to allow them to solve their problems (most likely medical problems).

There are some research being done in this field, and there are some promising results. But there are still major obstacles and problems (both technical and legal).

And as for to be revived in 1000 years... it might not be as easy as you think (you have been watching Futurama, didn't you?) To keep a body (yours if you really want to) cold is not an easy task. Millions and millions of kWh is needed to keep the temperature at the right level to keep you from melting. Supposedly we are able to initiate the process of freezing, there might not be a stable power supply to keep you frozen. And who is going to ensure that after 1 or 2 hundred years?

And an even more scarry question is that if you really want to be at that time period? Who knows what may have happened in a thousand years... there might no longer be humans... you might wake up in a nuclear winter with nothing but cockroaches evolving to take over the earth...

But "one can dream..." Prof. Hubert Farnsworth

Answer 2

if you could instantly freeze to absolute zero you would become mass-less and cease to exist. this is due to Charles's law which says that volume is directly proportional to temperature (on the kelvin scale).
so at 0 kelvin (absolute zero) you would have zero volume and therefore zero mass. after that your guess is as good as mine of what happens it is possible you could release all the energy trapped in the mass of your body and kill half the world (depending on how big you are) then there may not be a year 3000 worth visiting. fortunately absolute zero is impossible most likely if you did try to freeze your self to this low a temperature you would die due to reasons in other answers

Answer 3

If you wannasee what its like in 3000 you could opt for cryogenic freezing. Seems pretty popular in America from what ive seen, the only reason no-one whos been frozen hasn't got back to us yet is because we don't yet have the technology to bring those people back without damaging them! Maybe sometime in the future eh? I would hope so for all the poor sods who paid thousands to be cryogenically frozen!
~~Look out, here comes the spider piiiig~~

Answer 4

I don't know but that was a big deal back in the seventies and eighties. People getting frozen like that. Whole businesses were set up for that.
Don't know if it worked or not. I doubt it though because have not heard anything about it for a long time.
But I imagine you'd be grave yard dead.

Answer 5

You would die, instantly.

In addition, your body would be destroyed, when the blood vessels and capillaries would be ruptured by the blood expanding as it froze.

You would stay dead.

Sorry to disappoint.

There are a few people who choose to have their bodies put into a state of cryogenic preservation when they die, but this process requires some specialized preparation prior to freezing, so that the blood is removed and replaced by an inert component to prevent this damaging effect.

So far, no one subjected to this process has returned to make any comment.

Answer 6

no, this is because when you freeze the liquid it turns into shards much like slivers of broken glass, these pierce you cells and even go straight through them. This means that when you are thawed out the shards melt causing your cells to collapse and you become a pile of mush on the floor. I once saw the consequences of instant freezing followed by thawing on a sheeps brain and it wasn't pretty.

Answer 7

No, even if you could be frozen to a temperature close to absolute zero your cells membranes would break, and so when you were defrosted you would would be all mushy - have you seen what happens to strawberries!

Answer 8

Hi Rob:

When considering our global warming you just may want to target an earlier date of revival.

Answer 9

Firstly: Absoloute zero can never be achieved becasue to do so, you would need a force even colder.

Secondly, if you were frozen right now, your cells would die.

Answer 10

If your body reached the temperature of absolute zero it would disintegrate because matter loses all of it's cohesive attributes at absolute zero.
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