2007-08-20 15:21:11 · 7 answers · asked by mlkirchgessner 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
NO,
For the same reason that Droopy Dog mentioned. The problem is that when you freeze water it expands. Ice has a larger volume then the same amount of water. Since you are 90% water this becomes a big problem.
People who are cryogenically frozen have all their cells exploded from the inside. On the gross level they are preserved, and their DNA is still intact, but if you thaw them out they would be dead, deader than a door knob. Until they find a way to replace the water with another liquid that doesn't expand breaking all the cells cryogenics makes sense only for DNA, sperms, germs etc. For people and animals, it is just a bloody mess.
Assuming your body did survive the process or somehow science was able to reverse the damage then why would you want to be frozen. How would you feel if you were Shakespeare and you were suddenly thawed out in the 21st century? You wouldn’t even understand the language, much less the time, the place, the people and the technology.
Now look at it from the view point of your ancestors. If you were a Shakespeare, or an Einstein then future societies might want to thaw you out and talk with you, but if you were a Joe Blow, then who would care? Who remembers the names of the top Jousters in the Middle Ages? A few scholars do, but most people don’t and they don’t care. If we froze the body of a famous baseball player then who would care in 100 or 200 years? Would the sport even still be played? We don’t joust very often, only in Renaissance Fairs. There wouldn’t be much of a demand for a ball player, no matter how famous, if the sport no longer existed.
2007-08-20 16:20:38 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even if you could be frozen with no damage to the tissues etc you must first have to be dead.
All your blood is drained and a cryogenic fluid injected to freeze you as fast as possible.
I guess if you were dead it would be OK if there was any chance that you could be revived later.
I won't bother!
2007-08-21 01:30:45 · answer #2 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the tissue damage from being put into liquid nitrogen is complete and irreversable, this is something the cryogenic people fail to mention.
2007-08-20 15:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm like Sam McGee, I hate the cold, close the oven door.
2007-08-24 07:25:46 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I think if you look at Ted Williams you would probably not want to.
2007-08-20 17:08:14 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I believe that would be a ridiculous thing to do - imagine how confused you would be when you woke up!!!!! In this day and age, I'd be afraid to wake up in the future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-08-20 15:29:27 · answer #6 · answered by Breeze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg ur pic. is like gonna give me nite mares....lmao!
2007-08-21 15:42:16 · answer #7 · answered by Felicia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋