X-Message-Number: 6014 From: John Sharman <> Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Dead while alive Date: Sat, 30 Mar 96 11:37:11 GMT Message-ID: <> References: <4jj0mm$> In article <4jj0mm$> "Michael Darwin" writes: > Date: 29 Mar 96 17:59:24 EST > From: Michael Darwin <> > Subject: SCI.CRYONICS Dead while alive [..] > So, Mr. Sharman, you should be aware that your view of the world is quite a > sheltered one and that life is full of shades of gray. Death, like everything > else, is never as simple as it seems. As your countryman Oscar Wilde said in > "The Importance of Being Earnest:" "The truth is rarely pure, and never > simple." Or maybe it was the other way around? In none of the examples which you have cited was the patient "pronounced dead" while conscious. "Adjudged to be a hopeless case" - Yes. But pronounced dead? No. Cogito ergo sum and all that, whilst ancient, is not without force. -- Regards, John Sharman +====================================================================+ | John Sharman Internet: | | Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1603 452142 | +====================================================================+ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6014