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Argument: But Ted Williams.
争论：Ted Williams如何解释。

Let me explain. There are a handful of famous people signed up for cryonics, like Ray Kurzweil, nanotech pioneer Eric Drexler, and celebrities like Larry King, Britney Spears, Simon Cowell, and Paris Hilton.But there are very few big names among the 300 or so who are already vitrified. One that is baseball legend Ted Williams.
让我解释一下，有很多名人报名了人体冷冻，比如Ray Kurzweil，纳米技术先驱Eric Drexler，知名人士Larry King，Britney Spears，Simon Cowell和Paris Hilton。但是已经冷冻的300左右人里名人很少，比如棒球界传奇人物Ted Williams。

Williams is the first thing that comes to mind when a lot of people think about cryonics, an unfortunate fact that cryonicists wish would go away, because his story is mired in scandal (two of Williams’ children said cryonics is what he wanted while the other claimed he wanted to be cremated and the son was just cryopreserving him so he could later profit off of his DNA samples). The ugly story ended up, fairly or unfairly, as a stain on the cryonics industry in many people’s heads, partially because in the midst of it, Sports Illustrated published an article about the scandal with quotes from an ex-Alcor employee accusing Alcor of mismanaging the Williams vitrification, among other things.
提到人体冷冻法，人们总会想到Williams，一个不幸的事实冷冻专家的希望破灭了，因为他的传奇因丑闻渐远（Williams的两个孩子说他生前希望被冷冻，而其他孩子说他想被火化，他儿子最终选择冷冻以便从DNA样本中获益）。丑闻结束，公平或者不公平，作为人们脑海中的冷冻污点，可能因为体育画报发表一篇关于这个丑闻的文章，引述一名前Alcor员工的指控：Alcor对Williams冷冻，还有其他一些事情管理不善。

Typical cryonicist response: Unfairly. It’s a stain unfairly. The accusations weren’t based in reality, and the employee recently admitted in court that what he said may not have been true.
回应：不公平，这是个不公平的污点。指控不是以事实为基础的，最近这名员工在法庭上承认自己所说的不是真实的。

命运号角

scandal
n. 丑闻；流言蜚语；诽谤；公愤

命运号角

profit off
从…获取利益

shakencity

不公平，这是个不公平的污点。