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James Bedford Becomes the Longest Surviving Human


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Posted 12 October 2015 - 11:30 AM


James Bedford was the first person to be cryopreserved following death, and unlike the others from that early era of cryonics he remains preserved today, nearly fifty years later, at the Alcor facility. It is an open question as to the degree to which the crude preservation methodologies of the time damaged the fine structure of his brain due to ice crystal formation, making restoration a far more complex project, requiring far more advanced future technologies. Even taking that into account restoration is a theoretical possibility, a project that lies within the bounds of the laws of physics as we understand them, which is more than can be said for all of Bedford's peers. They are gone to the grave and oblivion, beyond any hope of a renewed life in the future.

Jeanne Louis Calment is listed as the longest-living (verified) human being in history. She was born on February 1875 and died on 4 August 1997, at the age of 122 years, 164 days. As of October 2, 2015, Ms. Calment's record has been broken by cryonaut Dr. James Bedford, who is maintained in cryopreservation by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

Bedford was born on April 20, 1893. As of today, October 6, 2015, he has survived for 122 years, 167 days. It is true that Bedford is not currently alive. But neither is he dead. When Alcor transferred him from an old, customized vessel back in 1991, it was clear that the original ice cubes created at the time of preservation were intact. We have no good information on the quality of the ultrastructural preservation of his neural tissue. But we can say that he has remained cryopreserved since 1967, and so deserves the title of longest-surviving human being in history!

Link: http://www.alcor.org...man-being-ever/


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Posted 13 October 2015 - 04:34 PM

Great publicity angle for cryonics. Bravo to the person who thought of this and promoted it.



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Posted 14 October 2015 - 04:17 AM

Well, that's an interesting twist on the definition of "surviving", but I have to agree that he's not in the same condition as his peers. 

 

I'm curious about this:

 

the original ice cubes created at the time of preservation

 

Do they include some ice cubes in the dewar to prove that there was never a thawing event?  If so, how would you know they were the original cubes?



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Posted 14 October 2015 - 08:19 AM

If a ice cube thaws and froze again, it will not be cubical anymore.



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Posted 14 October 2015 - 06:46 PM

If James is successfully revived, as long as he is alive, he will always be the oldest human ever. No one can surpass him.

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Posted 16 October 2015 - 11:03 AM

Unless he is hit by a truck.


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Posted 17 October 2015 - 04:39 AM

If a ice cube thaws and froze again, it will not be cubical anymore.

 

Well, yeah, but the technician who let the dewar run out of LN2 could fish out the ice-blobs and replace them with new cubes... assuming dewar can be opened.  I'd image they have tamper-evident seals though.






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