Fear of Death

People are obviously terrified of dying. According to a recent Barbara Walters special, there are some who are willing to shell out $150,000 per person to be cryogenically preserved with the hope that they can be reanimated at a later date when science is able to grant them a longer life. One family has paid for both parents and all three children to undergo the procedure to the tune of $750,000! According to one man who has signed up both him and his wife for the cryogenic process, "The way I look at it is that cryonics is like the ultimate lottery ticket. If it does work, what you get … ... this extra life in the future, is just incredible. It'll mean more than any jackpot you could win today."

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