I am interested to hear people's views on the subject of cryonics. There are an increasing number of people hoping to gain eternal life through having their bodies frozen after death and awaiting for technology to learn to revive them.
I find this disturbing for a number of reasons, firstly I feel it is nothing more than a fantasy sold to people who will never be able to complain if they don't get what they paid for (huge amounts of money). Secondly the grief of loved ones appears to be exploited for profit, as they are often compliant because of the thought that the 'dead' person is not 'really' dead, and may at some point return to them. Thirdly and frighteningly, if the unlikely happens and they are revived and if the soul exists and departs from the body upon death, what is it that they will be reviving?
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