Can a Computer Cheat Death?
Death technology refers to the range of technologies and innovations designed to extend life by preventing death. This goes well beyond anti-wrinkle cream. Companies in this field range from those finding a cure for Alzheimer’s to some who want to revive the long dead.
Billions are spent on research to eradicate disease, slow the aging process, or prevent death altogether. If growth projections are accurate, the "lifespan improvement" industry should be worth $504 billion by 2025.
Do You Want to Be a Robot?
Looking to cheat death? Death tech also includes companies that help people achieve "digital immortality." These companies create a copy of your digital footprint, then create a look-alike avatar that your loved ones can interact with after you’re gone. You may not be present, but you can "live on" and interact with your loved ones.
Theoretical physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku, was involved in one such project called Eterni.me. When asked about the idea of digital immortality, Dr. Kaku responded, "One day you’ll have a disk that has all your consciousness on it and you’ll be able to, perhaps, put it into a robot... and you’ll be immortal. Even if your physical body decays, your consciousness, your memories, your personality quirks will live forever... Why not live forever? Why do we have to die?"
The Bible answers Dr. Kaku’s question. Hebrews 9:27 says, "it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." No amount of technology or digital data storing can delay the inevitable.
What About Freezing?
Pioneers in the death tech space are even freezing people as soon as they are clinically deceased in hopes of reviving them later. Cryogenics is a concept that sounds like it belongs in a science fiction novel. However, there are very real companies agreeing to put people’s bodies into a state of deep-freeze post-death. They hope that one day, technology will become so advanced that the frozen bodies can be resuscitated.
Robert Ettinger, the founder of cryogenics, once wrote: "No matter what kills us, whether old age or disease, and even if freezing techniques are still crude when we die, sooner or later our friends of the future should be equal to the task of reviving and curing us."
Unfortunately, this is a gamble that may cause people to delay their need to face the reality of eternity. Those who trust science for their future will ultimately find themselves waking up in the flames of hell instead of sleeping on ice. What an ugly surprise!