so, who caught the Barbara Walters special on ABC last night about “Living to 150 years and beyond”? I think it’s ironic that it aired on April fool’s day so I’m keeping my eyes peeled for the announcement that it was all a hoax… but if it wasn’t? hmmmmmmm…… interesting stuff.
basically a few researchers believe they have stumbled upon the ability to prolong human life for an indefinite amount of time… it sounds pretty ’science-fiction’ to me, but they swear it’s really possible. part of the program focused on “growing” replacement organs in a lab with the idea that if one of your parts “break” or is faulty, you can just get a new one… kinda like you would get a new alternator for your car… strange but true.
they also talked about the science of cryogenics, which a lot of people seem to be signing up for! not cheap at about $75,000 per person, but they claim to be able to preserve you until they find a cure for whatever killed you in the first place… can you say CREEPY? the crazy part is they store you upside-down in the tank with 3 other people. so hopefully you get along well with others… oh, and you probably should be aware that they store 5 “brain patients” in the same tank… those spots are reserved for people who only wanted to preserve their head… (cue horror music!)
