Some people believe that human can be froze when meet some special situation, while some people disagree it.
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"Some people believe that human can be froze when meet some special
situation, while some people disagree it."
Controversial issue:
Whether human can be “preserved” and wait for the futuristic
technology when facing some problems that cannot be solved now.
The side author stands:
The author stands neither pros nor cons side; instead, she takes a
skeptical attitude. She is not sure whether this technique will come in handy.
Author's argument:
- More admit that cryonics has no guarantee, so the author can neither agree nor oppose the application of cryonics.
- The author doesn’t reveal her thoughts but make introduce the technique of cryonics.
- The technique of cryonics is untestable, for the preservation of a frozen body is not such an easily predictable thing.
Evidence:
- The longer the wait between death and preservation, the more cells will decay, and the harder it will be to resurrect and cure the patient, More* says.
- “There’s no fundamental physical limit to be able to repair tissues,” More* says, “it’s not like time travel.”
- More* says, “the idea of sitting in a tank of liquid nitrogen not able to control our own destinies is not appealing. But it’s a lot more appealing than the alternative, to be digested by worms or incinerated—that doesn’t appeal to us at all.”
*Max More: the president and chief executive officer of Alcor, one of the world’s largest cryonics companies.
Our opinion:
We disapprove of cryonics, and there are three reasons which push we
toward the con side.
Firstly, as the author and expert in this article said, this technology is
still untestable and is considered a misgiving one. Although some experiments
have found a similar phenomenon, it is impossible to ensure that things can
happen to humans. How can we ensure that cryonics is not a long shot, and how
would we address those freezing “people” if cryonics fails in the future.
The too-much population is the second reason. More than 70 billion people live
on earth now, which outnumbers what it can contain, and what makes it worse is
total population is still increasing. As a result, we should stop continuing to
burden our offspring.
Lastly, time still goes by when those people are freezing. If somebody wakes up
many years after he underwent cryonics, all problems in his body are solved. He
goes home with happiness but finds everything he knows does not exist anymore.
He might be a misfit and falls into despair.
This technology can be used in a better way, but conclusively not in preserving people.
Related vocabularies(definition§ence):
1.
Cryonics (n.)：the
process of storing a dead body by freezing it until science has advanced to
such a degree that it is able to bring that person back to life.
- Cryonics is a way to bridge the gap between today’s medicine and tomorrow’s.
2.
Alongside (prep. /adv.)：next to, or together with.
- A car pulled up alongside ours.
3. Antifreeze (n.)：a liquid that is added to water in order to lower the temperature at which it freezes, used especially in car radiators (= cooling systems) in very cold weather.
- Antifreeze, or engine coolant, is a colored liquid that is mixed with water to help regulate your engine during extreme temperatures.
4. Swap (n.)：to
give something and be given something else instead.
- I thought Sam's lunch looked better than mine, so we did a swap.
5.
Resuscitate (v.)：to
bring someone or something back to life or wake someone or something.
- Her heart had stopped, but the doctors successfully resuscitated her.
6.
Premise (n.)：an
idea or theory on which a statement or action is based.
- They had started with the premise that all men are created equal.
7.
Preposition (n.)：an
offer or suggestion, usually in business.
- He wrote to me last week regarding a business proposition he thought might interest me.
8.
Executive (n.)：Someone
in a high position, especially in business, who makes decisions and puts them
into action.
- She is now a senior executive, having worked her way up through the company.
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