Cryonics: Hi, Frozen Body!

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4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2011

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In 1964 The Prospect of Immortality laid out a plan for placing humans in suspended animation. The first person was placed in cryonic suspension three years later. But how does it actually work? Learn more about cryonics in this chilly episode of SYSK.

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