X-Message-Number: 25241 Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 18:24:46 -0800 Subject: Valera & Cryonics Policy From: <> Excellent response to Yvan, Valera, I highly agree. I also agree with your comments on policy. Especially now that more employees of cryonics organizations are coming forward with their pro-uploading, pro-death views. We need policies that state that (1) we will not be uploaded, either destructively or otherwise, and (2) the repair process will not involve disassembly or cutting of our brains into pieces. These policies should apply by default, unless we specifically request otherwise. Moreover, they should transfer from organization to organization, wherever possible. An uploader, once fully repaired, can upon reanimation choose to end his live by destructive uploading; however, a person who was destroyed as a result of such a scanning procedure, can never live again, and therefore has no choice in the matter. Therefore, it makes sense for the default policy to be repair, and not uploading or recreation. Best Regards, Richard B. R. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25241