In vitro fertilisation involves similar cold, used to preserve actual embryos intended to grow up into real life humans. As does freezing sperm. No-one bats an eyelid; I’d suggest because these technologies work pretty well.
Were people similarly nonchalant about it back in the 1970s when the possibility was discussed seriously but there hadn’t been even a proof-of-concept trial, not to mention having it as a standard medical procedure?
I recall various qualms about it, but none related to freezing, and I can find no evidence of qualms related to freezing—all the qualms seem to have been related to the actual implications of the technology working.
Were people similarly nonchalant about it back in the 1970s when the possibility was discussed seriously but there hadn’t been even a proof-of-concept trial, not to mention having it as a standard medical procedure?
I recall various qualms about it, but none related to freezing, and I can find no evidence of qualms related to freezing—all the qualms seem to have been related to the actual implications of the technology working.