[ExI] Cryonics is getting weird

Adrian Tymes wingcat at pacbell.net
Mon May 17 18:02:08 UTC 2010


--- On Mon, 5/17/10, David Lubkin <lubkin at unreasonable.com> wrote:
> Any medical facility promptly and correctly applying the
> biostasis protocol
> will receive a grant of $100,000.
> 
> Any medical examiner waiving their legal authority to
> perform an autopsy
> will receive a grant of $100,000 for their facility.

A good idea, but Alcor only charges $150,000 for whole-body
preservation, or $80,000 for head-only, and that's far from
pure profit.  But maybe $10,000 could be spared for the
former case.  (In the latter, there could be many such
examiners - and in many cases, they're technically legally
obligated to respect the deceased's wishes anyway, unless
it's a murder investigation or other situation where a
financial incentive would not help.)



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