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Let's say you hibernated 4 months each year starting at age 35, if you live to 85, that would be an extra 16 years of wall clock life. A person born in the year
by deegles 6y ago
Let's say you hibernated 4 months each year starting at age 35, if you live to 85, that would be an extra 16 years of wall clock life. A person born in the year 2000 could live past 2100, or at least until there are more advanced therapies available. I could see hibernation retreats becoming a big business if this technology works out.
- farnsworth 6y agoImagine going into hibernation at the beginning of february this year and waking up now.
- linuxftw 6y agoPerfect timing. The ski slopes all closed mid March, and the beaches have been re-opened. If you have the cash to sleep for 4 months, you probably spend most of your time doing activities and the economic impacts are trivial. If you live in a country where these things aren't available to you, well yeah, sucks to be you in that situation.
- emiliobumachar 6y agoIf cheap and safe enough, hybernation would be the perfect social isolation technology.
- war1025 6y agoDoes hibernating extend lifespan?
- grishka 6y agoIt slows down metabolism, so it would make sense for it to slow down aging, and thus extend lifespan, as well.