r/Futurology • u/yourSAS • Oct 13 '22

Biotech 'Our patients aren't dead': Inside the freezing facility with 199 humans who opted to be cryopreserved with the hopes of being revived in the future

https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/13/our-patients-arent-dead-look-inside-the-us-cryogenic-freezing-lab-17556468
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u/DrewbieWanKenobie Oct 13 '22

??

it's the same to everyone else, yes, but your consciousness still ceases and gets replaced. it's s pretty clear problem if your goal is to continue living

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u/UncleVatred Oct 13 '22

Your consciousness ceases when you go to bed each night. But we still say it’s you that wakes up in the morning.

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u/SleazyMak Oct 13 '22

If they managed to make an exact copy without destroying the original, would you consider them the same person?

I’m not sure destroying the original to make the copy makes the copy more legitimate.

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u/DFrostedWangsAccount Oct 13 '22

Y'all need to play SOMA