But Einstein also said: "In science, every road must be taken. Finding an impassable road is a great contribution to science." Imagination is undoubtedly the cornerstone of scientific progress. What you can't do now doesn't mean you can't do it in the future. Du Hong, a female writer in China, chose to freeze her brain after she got cancer, hoping that 50 years later, science and technology would be developed enough to thaw and revive her and reunite with her family.
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Du Hong 65438-0955 was born in an intellectual family in Chongqing. But it was a special era. When she was very young, her father was assigned to work on the farm. She has been living with her mother and grandmother who are teachers and studying in several primary schools in the mountain village. Because of his mother's influence, Du Hong loved reading since he was a child, immersed in the famous books on the bookshelf at home, and couldn't put it down.
But because of that absurd era, Du Hong failed to enter the university campus at the right age. After graduating from high school, 17 year old Du Hong became a shop assistant.
Du Hong doesn't like this kind of life. She thinks this life can be seen at a glance. Fortunately, the era after 1977 has undergone earth-shaking changes. 1977 resume the college entrance examination. 22-year-old Du Hong picked up a textbook and was admitted to Chongqing Normal University through her own efforts. After graduating from college, she followed her mother's ambition and stood on the platform as a Chinese teacher.
In his spare time, Du Hong also published some poems and essays, which were well received. Du Hong also found that he seemed to be more suitable for and liked writing, so he resigned from his teaching post and entered the publishing house.
Du Hong never stopped writing. Her main creative field is children's literature. She can write innocent and lively words, full of musical beauty and picture beauty. She also dabbled in science fiction and poetry.
1987, Du Hong gave birth to her daughter Zhang Siyao in Chongqing, but she chose to divorce in 1995. At that time, she said in an essay that she had bid farewell to the title of wife.
After that, Du Hong gradually put more emphasis on his writing career. Many of her works have been included in children's literature anthology and kindergarten textbooks, and she has won numerous awards in literature. Before retiring, Du Hong was the deputy editor-in-chief of Children's Book Publishing Center of Chongqing Publishing House and a member of Chongqing Writers Association. Participated in the editing of the science fiction novel "Three-body".
Since 2005, Du Hong has held reading lectures for teenagers in various libraries and schools, telling parents and teenagers the importance of reading, which has received rave reviews. She also cooperated with Wang Ruiyun to participate in charity, set up bookstores for schools in remote areas and donated reading materials.
In the eyes of his friends, Du Hong is enthusiastic and straightforward, always doing things neatly, and is chic and calm on weekdays, which is very chivalrous.
Detected cancer and became the first female freezer in China.
Life is unhappy in its own way. 20 13, Du Hong is a little sick and often feels pain. After going to the hospital for examination, I learned that I was in the advanced stage of pancreatic cancer. The bad news came as a bolt from the blue for Du Hong and her family. Gradually, they also accepted the unfortunate fact. Du Hong and her daughter-in-law went to many hospitals to try to cure cancer, but the results were all negative, because the cancer has reached the advanced stage, and the possibility of cure is particularly small. No matter what kind of pain the patient has to endure during the treatment, the patient is likely to be in danger. The doctor's attitude is basically: prepare for the funeral.
Du Hong's daughter Zhang Siyao cried her eyes out. Although Du Hong herself is calm, she doesn't want to leave her daughter and the world.
Occasionally, Du Hong read in a magazine that a rich man in Thailand was undergoing cryosurgery for his seriously ill daughter, hoping that when medical technology developed to a certain height in the future, her daughter would be thawed and resurrected.
Du Hong is a fan of science fiction and one of the editors of Three-body. "Three-body" not only mentions hibernation technology, but also cryopreserves and "revives" the human brain at a higher technical level. After suffering from incurable cancer, the character Yun in the novel freezes his brain for various reasons and sends it to the universe to be intercepted by the three-body world. A few years later, the cloud was successfully resurrected.
Influenced by "Three-body", Du Hong decided to freeze his brain and plan to "resurrect" and reunite with his family 50 years later. She hopes that by then, medical technology can thaw her brain and save all her memories. She may be a brand-new self. It is better to try bravely than to die of illness and say goodbye to everything around you.
Zhang Siyao agreed with her mother's idea and hoped to satisfy her last wish. She and her husband asked around, contacted experts from scientific research institutions specializing in cryonics in the United States, and decided to let her mother freeze. Zhang Siyao and her husband are just ordinary working-class people, and the operation fee of 750,000 yuan is not a small sum for them. They sold the house, took out their savings, added their mother's savings, and borrowed a little money everywhere to make up the cost of the operation.
They are willing to do this for their mother and hope that her mother can live to reunite with her family. Zhang Siyao said that nothing is more important than being together. If mom doesn't "wake up", she and her husband may join the freezing ranks.
20 15 On May 30th, 6 1 year-old, Du Hong, who was dying, passed away peacefully in a hospital that was about to undergo cryosurgery in the United States. The doctor operated on her at the first time. Over time, Du Hong's head will be preserved for a long time. Du Hong is the first woman in China to be gradually frozen. American experts optimistically estimate that 50 years later, in 2065, medical technology can thaw Du Hong's brain and make it "resurrect".
An admirable soldier
Du Hong's decision is not impulsive, but thoughtful, which naturally requires a lot of courage. Can the follow-up expenses be affordable? The technical level after 50 years is unknown. Even if it can be successfully resurrected, it is unknown whether it will remain the same. Undoubtedly an admirable soldier.
Although she is a writer, she has the thinking of a scientist. The depth of her thinking about life and death is beyond human reach.
As the first female freezer in China, Du Hong has aroused strong repercussions from all walks of life. There are various voices, including shock, admiration and doubt. But in any case, Du Hong is choosing his own "how to die"-since life can't be chosen, how people choose to die is always the greatest freedom.
I wish this extremely brave woman writer a successful resurrection fifty years later and create her own prosperity in this world.