[ThrowawayR2]

> "How awesome would it be, if we could revive someone who lived around the year 1500, 1000 or even 0?"

One or two of them, maybe. Probably the most famous ones.

All of them, including ordinary people like you or I? Not a chance.

[komali2]

I would be much more interested in what a tenth century peasant had to say considering all the famous ones were the only ones whose perspectives we get to see.

The historical gaps concern the other 90% of the population.

[triceratops]

The point still applies though. After you've revived 4 or 5 peasants, you've probably gotten most of the information you were interested in. And now you have 4 or 5 peasants who are poorly adjusted to the world they now find themselves in, and you have to take care of them for a long time. How many would you revive?

[Talanes]

That's great, but the peasant couldn't afford the long-term storage fees and his body got unfrozen and chucked 2000 years ago.

[pbourke]

I imagine that your first 10th century peasant would be much more interesting than your 500th