To be or not to be that is the question. For a cryogenicist it is to reach absolute zero or not to reach absolute zero that is the problem. If absolute zero is reached then the particular thermodynamic system in question will live forever. The healthy human body temperature is approximately 98.6°F or 37°C or 310K. This gives a time uncertainty of about 15 hundredths of a picosecond for any human being to escape or to succumb to the onset of death. This constant battle of 15 hundredths picosecond must be fought every waking and sleeping life cycle of every person. As one gets older the battle is increasingly in favor of succumbing than that of escaping the eventuality of death. This is also true during sickness and stress. On the other hand, if a utopian environment of temperate climate and abundant bounties of natural resources without pathogens or diseases then any person living in it can be expected to live a very long time. Cryogenicists believe that this can be achieved artificially at extremely low temperatures of suspended animation. But this latter case is equivalent to perpetual slumber in contrast to the ideal existing of perpetual activity without the need to sleep as in a state of forever wakefulness.


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