Re: Is cryopreservation a solution?

Michael Butler (mmb@best.com)
Fri, 12 Sep 1997 15:07:57 -0700 (PDT)


But consider the life insurance policy as a way of storing up value. At
maturation, you can convert the polcy to cash. If you die before then (due
to mishap, not diet or lifestyle), you can get frozen. If people are
immortal before then, you cash it in early.

It's not as black and white as you paint it.

> This is what I mean. Before signing up (if & when this becomes possible in
> Holland)

You mean it's legally impossible in the Netherlands today?

> I must be convinced that the best way to spend $50K - $120K is
> freezing my head then I will.

It's a hedge. Are you healthy? How much is the government (or are you)
spending on health insurance? Why, if you're healthy? Isn't there
something better to do with all that money?

> From where I stand now these are large
> amounts and at this point I believe there are better ways to spend that
> kind of money. Preferrebly I'd like to use it myself on something usefull
> or fun, but maybe it will help people I care about. Or maybe there will be
> a doctor in Kathmandu who's fighting lepracy that has some use for
> $100.000, save a few lives (for sure!)
>
> The bottom line is that I consider the revival chances at this time to low
> to spend money on in view of alternative use of such a resource.

The bottom line is that the money isn't spent until you de-animate.

> I'll be following cryo-technology with interest.

Please do!

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MMB