> -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 3:29 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Death Of An Atheist (Was: Juvenile Killers ...) > > But wouldn't setting up is setting up a life insurance policy now, locking > anybody into how that money is used latter. Assuming one does not die > tomorrow.
It depends. The life insurance policy just has a beneficiary - which in this discussion would be the cryo place. That's just the money however. It's actually your will that determines how your remains are dealt with. I have to assume that you must set up a contract with the cryo place to assured a "spot" as well (they also provide you with a bracelet or some sort of ID to indicate that in the case of death you should be kept on ice and sent to them). >From what I've heard there's also a downpayment required. I'm not sure how hard it would be to pull out of that kind of contract, but I have to assume they would make it difficult. The thing is any of these "solutions" would require preparation, a contract and costs before death. Of course none of them guarantee anything either. Lastly it's also pretty unlikely that you'll die in the best of situations. Any accident that can kill you may also destroy your brain or cause irreparable damage. If you die peacefully at home (or even from a heart attack or the like) you may easily lie undiscovered for hours - more than long enough for the brain to begin to decompose. But the fact remains that with cryo even if you die in perfect condition and are immediately frozen every cell-wall in your body is ruptured by the ice crystals which invariably form. The freezing process effectively destroys every neuron in your noggin. So even if they can cure what killed you in the future it's pretty unlikely that they'll be able to repair you enough to revive you to do it. Of course there IS a chance - there's always a chance - but I still think that it's a miniscule one at the absolute best and other options are more likely to result in technical immortality. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get help! RoboHelp http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=58 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148956 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
