1967, it was a cold year
on April 17th, 2011 at 7:35 pmWell actually it wasn’t, have a look at :
Penguins cool off in heat wave
However, for James Hiram Bedford it turn out to be very cold, not least because he actually died on 12th January 1967 from kidney cancer … But that was just the beginning.
Just a few hours later he became the first person to become cryonically preserved, and before anyone points out that there were earlier attempts I should point out that his body is still in that state so as far as I am concerned he really is the first to be done properly.
As far as the whole concept goes I still think when you eventually thaw someone out you will just end up with mush.
On the other hand you would still be able to extract DNA and create a clone, but obviously it would not have any memories or similar personality traits. Let’s face it, reproduction is just another way of passing on your DNA code … And it’s a lot more fun than being frozen 