If you could,would you cryo-freeze yourself into the future?

[RESmonkey]

I think I'd freeze myself 1000-10,000 years into the future. I want to visit planets out of our solar system, damnit.

 

[her209]

Only if I couldn't wait for Wii 2 to come out.

 

[RESmonkey]

Originally posted by: her209
Only if I couldn't wait for Wii 2 to come out.

South Park primarily influenced my making of this thread.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Yep. I'd pull a Futurama though, 1000 years. "WEEEEEELCOME, TO THE WOOOOOOOOOORLD OF TOMORROOOOOOOW"

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I wanna know what happens with space and stuff so sign me up.

 

[RESmonkey]

C'mon, this is ATOT. This thread should have at least 40 replies by now.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Umm, 1000 years would be pretty cool, but then again the world could engage in some huge war that would end humanity in 500 years so you would never wake up....

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Wheres the option for those that would do it even if it wasn't 100% safe?

 

[RESmonkey]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
Wheres the option for those that would do it even if it wasn't 100% safe?

Edited. I should have done that one from the start.

 

[panipoori]

Where is the option for those that wouldnt do it anyways, even if it was ethical

 

[Gunslinger08]

I'd do it for probably 500 years. I really like the idea of seeing what the future brings.

 

[RESmonkey]

Fixed, again.

 

[Sqube]

I'd do it for 100 years or less; you guys ever heard of culture shock? Ever read Brave New World? You don't want to be that guy.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Imagine how much some meager savings could be worth after 1000 years?

Originally posted by: Sqube
I'd do it for 100 years or less; you guys ever heard of culture shock? Ever read Brave New World? You don't want to be that guy.

Actually, what could be cool is to jump forward through time. Freeze yourself for 100 years... live there for a few years... jump forward another 100.

 

[kranky]

Wouldn't be much fun. No friends, technology you don't understand, no car, money, house, or possessions. You'd quickly be reduced to survival mode and I don't think it would be pleasant.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i'd wake up in the year 3000 of course

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: kranky
Wouldn't be much fun. No friends, technology you don't understand, no car, money, house, or possessions. You'd quickly be reduced to survival mode and I don't think it would be pleasant.

While true, I would imagine that these things would be taken care of, at least the basics.

It would probably cost a lot of money to have yourself stored for a thousand years, or whatever.

It really depends on the circumstances, too. If you froze yourself on your death bed, none of that would really matter, but at least you would get to see a smidgen of the future; theres even a chance that they will have come up with a way to fix what is wrong with you.

What if you froze yourself at retirement, and were in good health... let your investments grow, perhaps managed by the company that is storing you..

Even assuming you didn't, it probably wouldn't be hard to find a job and get an apartment... start up a new life. It would be awesome to learn about future technology.

I think it would be pretty cool, overall. I wouldn't do anything insane like 10,000 years, though. The chances of you being successfully stored for 10,000 years are pretty slim, IMO. Who knows what will happen with our society. Maybe they decide its unethical 5,000 years down the line and unplug everyone. Bummer. lol

I think 100 years is too little. I would probably go for 500. Sure would be a bummer if something major happened, though, like a global thermonuclear war.

Maybe 250.

 

[Boone]

No, I'd be all alone and I wouldn't understand anything around me.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yes. I want to see our galaxy collide with Andromeda, so maybe 4.5 billion years.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Also remember to leave a couple bucks in a savings account so when they thaw you, you are rich, like our friend Fry.

 

[rpanic]

500 to a 1000 I think by then we will be traveling around space to other systems. I don't want to go to far it might be like Planet of the Apes or Mexico.

 

[NanoStuff]

It would probably cost a lot of money to have yourself stored for a thousand years, or whatever.

Not really. Alcor pricing is affordable for just about everyone. They realize that storing for a thousand years will not be necessary, so they're not forecasting such long endured expenses.

Would I do it? There's a good chance I won't need to, but I have absolutely no issue with being dead, so I may not bother.

 

[daveymark]

vanilla sky

 

[Judgement]

I would probably try it for ~300 years, but only after making sure I had a thorough grasp on how to speak Chinese/Mandarin.

 

[Colt45]

I'd go for 50, see how that pans out... can always go back in if things are going smoothly.