[ExI] Cryonics is getting weird

[samantha]

Stefano Vaj wrote:
> On 17 May 2010 15:32, BillK <pharos at gmail.com 
> <mailto:pharos at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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>
>
>
> This may be good news for Alcor or fulfil an exemplary purpose as to 
> the respect of the deceased's will.

It seems to me that a totally different legal action should of 
occurred.  Most likely failure to honor a will.  This seeking to dig up 
a grave for no good purpose whatsoever is utterly ridiculous. 
>
> But, OK, cryonics is certainly a better bet than putrefaction, but 
> after one year of the latter it would seem a very, very marginally 
> better bet.
>
There is nothing at all that can be done with such remains except to get 
a copy of the deceased DNA.  The brain/mind is irrevocably lost short of 
time travel and other unlikely scenarios.

- samantha

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