X-Message-Number: 22340 From: Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 06:45:29 EDT Subject: Re: CryoNet #22329 - #22339 --part1_15d.22ef2455.2c6b70c9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 13/08/2003 10:00:53 GMT Standard Time, Mike Perry writes: > This strikes me as a diabolical choice. As if you are coldly calculating > whether your chances of survival would be maximized if you (1) overfund > your suspension, (2) put extra funds into a trust, or (3) make it possible > for a friend to survive so he/she can "stand by your side" and maybe > improve your own chances. On purely humanitarian grounds I would strongly > favor (3), but it strikes me that that is generally not an option. Most > people really don't seem interested even if you offer to pay the costs--I > personally know of several such cases. > I have also found option 3 to be a non starter..... although the attitudes of people to the viability of cryonics will hopefully 'warm' as we move nearer to the suspended animation scenario that appears to 'sell' itself in a better way to mortalists. Maybe they get comfort from seeing SA in the movies...... 'so it must be ok!!'. :) Getting back to the thread I think that to donate the remainder of your assets to your suspension facility makes big sense as 'success' in this context is certainly interdependent, however, rehabilitation is a labour intensive operation and is likely to remain so in the future, so consequently I expect it to be expensive. It could take several years to regain the level of knowledge required to undertake gainful employment and become self supportive so I am still of the opinion that a 'hole' exists in most cryonauts arrangements that needs plugging. Regards...... Tim Hanson. --part1_15d.22ef2455.2c6b70c9_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22340