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[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they're frozen before they're dead, so the reason to bring them back would be to not do that murder thing, and also to fulfill contractual obligations, and as a business showcase to the world that you're ready to receive more customers for a freeze and bring you back service instead of a freeze and kill you service.

[–] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Admittedly I don’t know much about cryopreservation (looked into it many years ago as a curiosity) but my understanding, and the article says the same, is that they clinically die first and then it’s a rush to preserve them before too much breakdown happens. Since it’s quite expensive, most people only preserve their brain or head, which is removed before being frozen. I’m not sure legally they would be able to do this pre-death, since the harvesting/preserving would directly cause death as we currently understand and classify it, and assisted euthanasia of any flavor is illegal in most places.

[–] glouriousgouda@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Don't worry the people performing the preservation don't know much about it either.

[–] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

That’s true.