Judge's Verdict - Cryogenics Case 14Yo

[agchristie]

Has the judge's heart ruled his head?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3947826/Teenager-cancer-victim-14-British-child-cryogenically-frozen-winning-court-battle-against-father.html

[Old_Geezer]

No obvious reason why the brain could not be rebooted in the future, no one can accurately predict what humans will be able to do many years from now. But I'm unsure the same person would result from it, who went into the freezer initially.

One normally complies with a dying wish if it is possible/feasible. Seems fair enough to me in this case. One should not give hope to deny the request afterwards.

So she was frozen as she was about to die. When I heard the story earlier today I wondered how there could be a court case to decide after she had died while her body was deteriorating. Turns out the issue was already cut & freeze dried.

[Old_Geezer]

They already offer a head only service. It is cheaper than a full body one.
(And they can probably grow you a new body when needed, from the DNA in your head.)

[Lunol]

If you believe in the human "Soul" then the body is now irrelevant so maybe these cryo criminals, ahem I meant cryo scientists might try and figure out how to entrap the "Soul" and put it into another body.

As others have said, who knows how far and what we may be able to do in the future.

Sounds ridiculous? I'm just trying to instill some hope into the parents of the shark that Damien Hirst has in formaldehyde in Saatchis Gallery.

[Old_Geezer]

Looking at it from that perspective: I don't think any soul needs entrapment. Did it need to be trapped to "attach" to the body of a baby about it be born ? There is a body suitable for a soul to experience life in; either one takes up the offer or does not.

If none take up the option, does the body remain a corpse, or does it activate as an "empty" zombie-like creature ?

[dave50]

I dont see the problem, she got what she wanted and she was happy, job done.

[Bazile]

Given that this is going to be an extremely long term thing - my question is, how can anyone guarantee how long the company will be around for -what if they go bust , in the future
Will another company want to take over and honour the contracts ?

[mikey4444]

Not sure about happiness here. The only people who could be described as happy is the American Company that is rubbing its hands in glee.

[jno]

I wouldn't like a loved one's ashes sitting on the mantelpiece either, but some folk do it. It takes all kinds.

[jno]

they might have to sell their assets to satisfy creditors, Bazile. If that happened I suppose you could buy the customer's body back on eBay.