Oxford profs to be cryogenically preserved so they can be brought back in the future

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<p>"Nick Bostrom, professor of philosophy at the Future of Humanity Institute [FHI] and his co researcher Anders Sandberg have agreed to pay an American company to detach and deep freeze their heads in the advent of their deaths.</p>

<p>Colleague Stuart Armstrong is instead opting to have his whole body frozen. Preserving the full body is technically more difficult to achieve and can cost up to £130,000." …</p>

<p>The ultimate sabbatical.</p>

<p>[Academics</a> at Oxford University pay to be cryogenically preserved so they can be ‘brought back to life in the future’ - News - Student - The Independent](<a href=“Academics at Oxford University pay to be cryogenically preserved so they can be 'brought back to life in the future' | The Independent | The Independent”>Academics at Oxford University pay to be cryogenically preserved so they can be 'brought back to life in the future' | The Independent | The Independent)</p>

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<p>So unoriginal! They borrowed the idea from this:
[Star</a> Trek - Season 3, Episode 1: Spock’s Brain - TV.com](<a href=“http://www.tv.com/shows/star-trek/spocks-brain-24939/]Star”>http://www.tv.com/shows/star-trek/spocks-brain-24939/)</p>

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<p>^That was my first thought too!</p>