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Man who cryogenically froze late wife sparks debate by dating new partner (www.bbc.com)

submitted 4 days ago by BruceAlrighty@lemmy.nz to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I never got the point to preserve a dead body, it's like freezing rotten tomatoes, if you want to freeze the tomatoes you freeze them before they rot

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 36 points 4 days ago

Freezing his live wife probably would have sparked even more debate

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Especially seeing how she died of lunch cancer, when thawed the damage will still be there surely?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 days ago

I don't see the problem, just stop feeding her lunch

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Generally the idea is since it would take something like nanobots to repair the damage from freezing, whatever killed them is a simple repair beyond that.

It's not really about what is practical and feasible to recover from, it's just about what can get them the furthest into the future as intact as possible. Since it's gonna take decades or centuries for there to be any chance of success.