X-Message-Number: 8510 From: John de Rivaz <> Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Hostile family members? Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 15:16:56 +0100 Message-ID: <> References: <5u5328$> <5u61ba$8tu$> This business of dying so that someone else can have an inheritance... I would be interested to know where the people in favour of this draw the line. Those against living indefinitely are taking the view that cryonics is very unlikely to work and the risk of possible gain to self is so small compared with the certainty of gain to someone else. But these people would certainly attend a dental surgeon to have a septic tooth pulled. They would not think it is their duty to die of septicemia because there is a finite chance of dying during the extraction anyway and their successors having to meet the dentist's bill. But what about more serious surgery? Liver transplants, for example. Or how about experimental surgery "You are going to die anyway, but I can get you on this test program. You *may* be in the placebo group, or you *may* get the treatment which *may* work." Are some of the cryonics naysayers willing to opt out of these situations where the chances of spending money remain high but the chances of survival are lower? Whose judgement do the nay-sayers use? Do they accept the judgement of their local doctor that cryonics will not work, or do they read pros and cons from many people and think they have reached an infomred decision? -- ***************************************** Sincerely, * Longevity Report * * http://www.longevb.demon.co.uk/lr.htm * John de Rivaz * Fractal Report * * http://www.longevb.demon.co.uk/fr.htm * * Music I like - see homepage * ***************************************** In the information age, sharing can increase world wealth enormously, because giving information does not decrease your information. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR Fast loading, very few slow pictures Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8510