How Can the Quest for Longer Life SUCCEED?

Do Nanotechnology and Cryonics Hold the Answer?

Nanotechnology, the science of engineering at a nanometer is (a billionth of a meter) level, is also inspiring hope. Visionaries in that field claim that computerized machines, far smaller than cells, may in the future be engineered to operate at a molecular level to repair and rejuvenate aging cells, tissues and organs. At an anti-aging conference, one researcher suggested that 21st century physicians might employ nanotechnology to enable man to become physically immortal.

Cryonics is the practice of freezing human bodies in hopes that science will be able to revive the dead cells, thus bringing them back to life again. (someone had been watching too much sci-fi. This is God's territory and it ain't gonna happen, the world will end first, read the Bible people.) The whole body, or just the brain, can be frozen. One man even had a bed sheet frozen. Why a sheet? It belonged to a missing friend and contained some skin cells and a few hairs. He wanted them frozen in order to give his friend the chance of returning to life if science reaches the point of reconstructing people from just a few or even one of their cells.

Next time: Where Should We Put Our Trust?

Watchtower, 1999