“Suspended life” trials to begin on humans

ironfist923862d ago

Question is how do we know who deserves to be given a second life or not.

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DarkBlood3862d ago

Well so far it mentions trauma patients unless they juat mean a damage body and not its philosophical meaning.

Every one should get a second chance at life since it can potentially inspire change

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UltraNova3862d ago

To answer your question as plainly as possible, the rich and powerful... the rest of us will simply roll over and die.

Fast forward a couple decades and this will probably be common practice.

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ironfist923862d ago

I remember when humanity was built on "survival of the fittest" instead of "survival of the richest"

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SilentNegotiator3862d ago (Edited 3862d ago )

Yeah, the good old days when the people who survived were the ones with the biggest foreheads and clubs. F**k those educated guys who have acquired wealth; what have they ever done for society?

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mp12893861d ago

poor pigs

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Ogygian3861d ago

Err...this is just a medical procedure to increase survival rate for those who have had heart attacks.

UltraNova3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

@SilentNegotiator

Let me get this straight, I have a doctorate. I may have a bit more money now that I've worked my ass off than most people, does that give me the right to live and the person next to me to die because they cant pay for this new method should both of us need it?

No my friend your logic is flawed and I m sad to say like many thinkers alike, representative of what is truly wrong in this modern fucked up society, full of self-entitled pricks we leave in.

Would I pay to get this treatment if need be? Yes, absolutely, anybody would provided they can afford to.

What should be emphasized here is that the people who developed this new method should, in the long run, focus on its widespread availability and affordability, so that the poor guy I mentioned earlier can be treated and live to tell about it.

OT: I truly believe that this "suspended animation" method will provide more than enough time for MDs to save someone, leading to more loved ones getting home by the end of the day and with less permanent damage.

Additionally, this is the foundation for a solution regarding crew preservation in deep space traveling where extremely long distances need extremely long travel times especially when one takes into account the abysmal progress we make in space propulsion drives/engines.

SilentNegotiator3861d ago

@UltraNova

Someone with a doctorate should ABSOLUTELY be considered above other people. You can't keep all 7 billion people alive forever and there needs to be a measure for who gets what over who.

It's nice that you're trying to be noble, but medicine is expensive and time consuming; it will never get spread thin enough to save absolutely everyone that needs it. It's mankind's fault for trying to sustain a population that no creature of our magnitude of wastefulness, destruction of environment, and privilege should ever attempt to sustain.

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Djinn3862d ago

@ironfist92 And when was that exactly? The caveman ages? You're just lying through your teeth. The rich have gotten everything since ancient egypt and rome.

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cyclindk3862d ago

Would be nano-surgery... duh.... so much for the "Ultra" in "UltraNova..."

I kid :)

cell9893861d ago

no not nano-bot micro surgery, rather nanobot performance enhancing therapy ala MEtalGear Solid

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johny53862d ago (Edited 3862d ago )

With this technology combined with other methods, could help us enter a state of near "Suspended Animation"

If we where to drop our core temperature to about 74 degrees F "to the point of near death" to trigger hibernation and lower our oxygen intake by half to slow down our resting metabolism and heart rate to a crawl, then maybe we would get similar results from the movie "Alien" for deep space voyages!

Belasco3862d ago

Just what we need, more people breathing.We are at what now, 7 billion?

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Deadpool6163862d ago (Edited 3862d ago )

Yes, I know. Those people are breathing up all of our oxygen. One day, they will know the TRUE power of Cybernetic Monkeys...but we must bide our time.

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Belasco3862d ago

Just saying that this planet can only sustain a certain amount of human beings at any given time. I have seen some statistics saying that the population is going down however, so who knows?

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cyclindk3862d ago

And all we inhabit is like the outer most layer of this planet, plenty of room inside, time to dig.

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Blasphemy3861d ago

well why don't you kill yourself and do the world a favor

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bluegoblin3861d ago

Belasco has a very valid point whether you like it or not. The planet can only sustain a given number of people.

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Ogygian3861d ago

The ability to live to a ripe old age before death is part of a civilised, healthy society.

The problem is too many babies being born.

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Smokeeye1233861d ago

You all realize this is only for like 2-4 hours right and would only be used after a traumatic injury.

Lying in a tube for 30 years in suspended animation is still science fiction.

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Cryptcuzz3861d ago

Its actually up to 5 hours per the article, but yes, of course being in suspended animation for 30 years is still science fiction.

If this is possible now and becomes successful for humans as well, I can see the technology, methods used, etc. be expanded over time to allow suspended animation for that long.

If you would guess, how long do you think we would be able to have the knowledge, technology, etc. perfected to even attempt things such as space exploration?

Smokeeye1233854d ago

Probably 200-500 years if the human race lasts that long...Which it probably won't...

level 3603861d ago

What I'd like to know if ever successfully done sometime in the near future is..

What the patient experienced during that " time in limbo ".

Are we going to hear and read about comments like - victim/s tell about having an out-of-body experience, floating and seeing their own body? Maybe able to see light or darkness at the end of the tunnel? See relatives and loved ones who have passed away?