Results: Would You Freeze Yourself for the Future?
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Some doctors say future human preservation, sometimes called cryopreservation, may have a chance of working one day — though the technology to revive people does not currently exist. If it became available, would you ever consider having your body preserved in hopes of being revived in the future?
Yes
11%
•
275 votes
No
66%
•
1655 votes
Undecided
23%
•
570 votes
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What is your biggest concern about cryopreservation? It may never work
24%
•
610 votes
The cost
19%
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463 votes
Ethical or religious concerns
16%
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407 votes
What life would be like in the future
21%
•
520 votes
I don't have concerns
17%
•
414 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
•
86 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.04% | 26 | |
| All of the above | 0.16% | 4 |
| Not interested | 0.12% | 3 |
| Stupid | 0.08% | 2 |
| When I die I want to be dead. | 0.04% | 1 |
| SOME OF THE ABOVE | 0.04% | 1 |
| Having no family or friends | 0.04% | 1 |
| All the above except no concerns | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't want to live eternally | 0.04% | 1 |
| Don't like being cold. | 0.04% | 1 |
| No wish to live beyond death. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Thet I would come back only partilaly restored. | 0.04% | 1 |
| If it's covered by Medicare. | 0.04% | 1 |
| its creepy | 0.04% | 1 |
| Just the thought of being frozen solid like bricks of ice just gives me anxiety let alone everything else that comes with it...I | 0.04% | 1 |
| Possibility of the tank breaking/leaking | 0.04% | 1 |
| it's cold | 0.04% | 1 |
| I have my ticket to go with Jesus. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Where would a person's body be stored and what would the costs be? | 0.04% | 1 |
| Always to put data into separation of back ups of no update | 0.04% | 1 |
| No way to be revived | 0.04% | 1 |
| I believe in that life is for the living and my God would not want me to defy what is natural | 0.04% | 1 |
| It seems like another scam that people fall for | 0.04% | 1 |
| The soul won't be there. | 0.04% | 1 |
| for suckers | 0.04% | 1 |
| This planet prob won't be habitable, it's unethical and honestly pretty gross. It's expensive and you might end up getting unfrozen accidentally or bc no one cares about someone they don't know. And it might not work | 0.04% | 1 |
| God says NO! | 0.04% | 1 |
| I was gifted one life; that's enough for me. | 0.04% | 1 |
| The fact that you do not control the unfreezing yourself, so catastrophes of any sort could leave you permanently frozen, or thawed at the exact worst time and place. | 0.04% | 1 |
| No intrest | 0.04% | 1 |
| I would only consider it if I had knowledge to help the future outcome of society for the better, since it is against my beliefs | 0.04% | 1 |
| Anyone I knew gone / future life | 0.04% | 1 |
| ... | 0.04% | 1 |
| when you're dead, you're dead | 0.04% | 1 |
| All of the options provided. | 0.04% | 1 |
| wake up crippled physically or mentally | 0.04% | 1 |
| All the above | 0.04% | 1 |
| Gross | 0.04% | 1 |
| Whether or not they could undo aging and fix any medical issues I have at the time of freezing and whether cryofrozen people would be used as slaves in exchange for age reversal and medical treatment | 0.04% | 1 |
| Not good if the person you want to be with is not there | 0.04% | 1 |
| not possible | 0.04% | 1 |
| ******* stupid idea | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't care | 0.04% | 1 |
| If revived being in a horrible physical state OR being revived by evil people and suffering. | 0.04% | 1 |
| all of the above work for me. | 0.04% | 1 |
| What would life be in the future, and what are the side effects. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Just no interest in it | 0.04% | 1 |
| Not applicable | 0.04% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.04% | 1 |
| no need we all live forever according to the Bible some in heaven and most in hell it's our choice | 0.04% | 1 |
| Not having family and friends | 0.04% | 1 |
| It's weird. Why would you? | 0.04% | 1 |
| I Don't Believe It Would Be A Good Thing | 0.04% | 1 |
| A couple of the above. | 0.04% | 1 |
| dont want to come back this old | 0.04% | 1 |
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