Corpsicles
I was just reading a somewhat comical article in the New Yorker about corpsicles (as my sister termed them), otherwise known as frozen people hoping to be revived at some unknown date far in the future. The NYer wouldn't let me read it online (even though I've been a subscriber for eons) for some unknowable reason which will miraculously self-heal, I'm sure, so I can't excerpt it here, but tcha, who cares. Basically a cryo-dude said if you aren't religious this is your only shot at an afterlife :-D I thought that was funny, for some reason, and played into my belief/disbelief thing.
Their chart:
-----------------------works | doesn't work
Get Frozen |-----------live --------die
Don't get frozen |---- die --------die
The New Yorker said it reminded them of this chart:
-----------------God exists | God doesn't exist
Pray a lot |---------- live-----------die
Don't pray |--------- die------------die
It brought up someone frozen perhaps against his wishes, which made me wonder what would happen in this case (this is if what the corpsicle people believe is true):
--------------------------Unbeliever | Believer
Get frozen |---------------- live ---------??? (accidentally frozen)
Don't get frozen |--------- die--------- live
-----------------------works | doesn't work
Get Frozen |-----------live --------die
Don't get frozen |---- die --------die
The New Yorker said it reminded them of this chart:
-----------------God exists | God doesn't exist
Pray a lot |---------- live-----------die
Don't pray |--------- die------------die
It brought up someone frozen perhaps against his wishes, which made me wonder what would happen in this case (this is if what the corpsicle people believe is true):
--------------------------Unbeliever | Believer
Get frozen |---------------- live ---------??? (accidentally frozen)
Don't get frozen |--------- die--------- live
Of course, I think you'd just stay frozen until the power goes out, then turn to sludge. A big* cryogenics company is in Arizona, which makes that even more likely and ewww-worthy.
* Relatively - at least one hopes it isn't really big.
Labels: Death
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- 5:21 PM
- 5:21 PM
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okay you have GOT to listen to this! it will have you rolling on the floor...the real story of cryongenics!!
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1291
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1291
i just tried to get it online too, as i always could before...they seem to have changed to $. coinsequently i just read in NYT or somewhere that the ipad has triggered many print media to now begin charging for their articles, as history has shown people will try to get around paying to read articles or buy songs on computer, but will pay without batting an eyelash to download ringtones and send sms on their phone!
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