Bill Gates, the world's richest man (about 40 billion) has a place on his
homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/BillGates/BillGates_L/COLUMN/ where
people can ask him questions. He wrote these rather elliptical comments about
Cryonics on September 24 1997.
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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Q.As a man so aware of time and its finite limitations, do you have any
techno-plans for dying? I always thought that if I were a jillionaire I would
fund research into some kind of cryogenic process. It would be cool to
launch my preserved body into space, coast around the universe for a few
billion years. You never know, right?
Christopher Oakley (oakley@iquest.net)
Gates:
A. A friend sent around a very funny article about guys who charge to keep
your body frozen. You get discounts if you pay for two bodies or if you
freeze just your head!
The idea that someday a frozen body will be revived is sort of pseudo-science,
but there are people who take it seriously. Maybe when I'm closer to death's
door I'll go strange or something, but right now I have no plans along these
lines.
Incidentally, I'm not sure why you'd want to launch your corpse into space.
If you want to be revived, you should keep it down here on earth, I think.
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