[ExI] Cryonics is getting weird

[spike]

> ...On Behalf Of BillK
... 
> Court: Body must be dug up so that head can be frozen
> 
> The Associated Press . May 15, 2010
> 
> The siblings of a man who died more than a year ago must 
> exhume his body so his head can be cut off and cryogenically 
> frozen, the Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled.
> 
> <http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100515/NEWS/5150330> 
...
> BillK

Oh goodness, BillK, there is so much to say here.  I can see why Alcor would
want to carry out this bizarre and ghoulish act, and I must reluctantly
agree: if they refunded Richardson's money to his heirs, then Alcor forever
motivates other heirs to other cryonicists to intentionally fail to carry
out the wishes of the deceased, hoping to get money from Alcor.

Richardson's death illustrates that contracts should be set up to allow
*any* person to collect a monetary reward from the estate of the cryonicist
by contributing to the successful suspension upon her demise, with bonuses
awarded for alacrity.

spike