X-Message-Number: 2584 From: T.Freeman Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Reward the Resuscitators. Message-ID: <> References: <> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 18:46:39 GMT In article <> (Peter Alexander Merel) writes: I don't know if this idea is new - I saw no mention of it in the faq, but I might have missed something. It occurred to me that an excellent way to motivate future research into cryonics might to make a bequest, in the financial arrangements that prepare for one's suspension, that would go to the person or persons responsible for one's resuscitation. The rule against perpetuities makes this awkward. This rule states that you can't retain control of your assets for too long after you are legally dead. I'm not sure how long "too long" is; I've read ads in magazines talking about trusts that last until your grandchildren reach a certain age or legally die, I think. Not all jurisdictions have this rule. Saul Kent started up The Reanimation Foundation in Liechtenstein (sp?), which does not have the rule. It seems plausible to suppose that if revivals are available at all, poor quality revivals will be available a few years before decent ones. You don't want the people thawing you out to be in too much of a hurry. -- Tim Freeman <> Do you call yourself free? I want to hear your ruling idea, and not that you have escaped from a yoke. -- Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2584