<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Hi Jeffrey,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here are:</DIV><DIV>1. Your points with my remarks.</DIV><DIV>2. My points, on why whole body was selected.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And a tidy preface: I am not an expert in the field of cryonics, but have read extensively for the sake of myself and my loved ones. I have formed some opinions. That's that. I can't tell you where identity takes place, but neither can anyone else : ). That is all philosophical interpretation and outside the context of your email, imho.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>1. Your points with my remarks.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">- brain structure preservation still seems to be marginally superior with Neuro.</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>There are so many variables on what makes a "good" preservation. Amount of time between death and preservation, distance from facilities, proper early care by medical/trauma staff who may or may not be familiar with your wishes, how well your washout goes, etc.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There are optimal circumstance. I'm sure many of us want to live the longest life with the highest quality possible, and end up with a nice clean cardiac arrest, before 5pm, on a workday, at a hospice in Scottsdale a hundred and fifty years from now. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Each of these things, and many others, can change the quality of your preservation by 1% or more, and they are cumulative. However, we do not know what an "optimal" preservation is, really, until we start reviving people and get to know how long their recovery takes, what challenges they face, etc. Only then can we study and make cases on what preservation processes and formulae worked better than others. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So if there are at times marginal differences in preservation, they would seem to be trivial given so many other factors. And at no point soon can we really state what marginal differences are really good or bad differences.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="">- easier transport in emergencies.</DIV><DIV style="">- emergency conversion to Neuro option is not necessary</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Both true. Easier to store as well.<BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="">- possibly less likely to be the first revival guinea pig as a Neuro, and so perhaps a</DIV><DIV style=""> lower chance of a disastrously failed revival.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I am pretty sure this is a Last Will and Testament issue, and not a preservation issue. You can do things to aid with your eventual recovery, like building a trust, etc. There are people that can better speak to this point, but I don't think you have to "be afraid" of being a revival guinea pig.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="">- may actually be easier to revive a Neuro than a full-body- so extra money may be</DIV><DIV style=""> wasted- and could lead to delay in revival.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>More speculation, which is fine - we can only speculate on neuro and full-body recovery costs. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">- a Neuro is substantially cheaper.</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>This is your most solid point. But I am curious as to how much cheaper per month you are talking, since you seem to be going the life insurance route anyhow. It sounds as though you are talking a difference of $20.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>2. My points, on why whole body was selected.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV>I don't have any points that offer colossal wisdom or trump any of the points you've made. I offer the following:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- Given that we do not totally understand the human body, we could speculate that recovery from cryopreservation could be a lot easier with 'x', 'x' being something as yet undiscovered, and not found within the human head. (hey, people speculate we can grow new bodies and be recovered from cryo, don't be too quick to invalidate! : )</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- The cost of full-body when compared to neuro and done through life insurance, isn't that much difference. Think of those "for the price of a cup of coffee" type commercials. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- Full-body is a lot easier for people to accept, particularly family members, or loved ones you want to "go forward" with you.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- I like my body. It could use some upgrades, but its not bad. Yes, that is corpocentric, but hey.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- I will point out, that we cannot speak to the quality or technology of a new body, we can only speculate. I think that eventually, a person will be able to get a new body, and that some time after that point, that body will be superior to a "current" body. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- I like Futurama. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Bret</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 19, 2006, at 2:18 PM, A B wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Hello,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I intend to sign up for cryopreservation with Alcor in the near future, but I'm not completely decided on which option I would prefer: Neuropreservation Option (head only) or full-body (head + body). Note: at this time, both options involve a supposedly successful vitrification of the brain. Right now I'm leaning toward Neuropreservation for a few reasons:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>- brain structure preservation still seems to be marginally superior with Neuro.</DIV> <DIV>- easier transport in emergencies.</DIV> <DIV>- emergency conversion to Neuro option is not necessary.</DIV> <DIV>- possibly less likely to be the first revival guinea pig as a Neuro, and so perhaps a </DIV> <DIV> lower chance of a disastrously failed revival.</DIV> <DIV>- may actually be easier to revive a Neuro than a full-body- so extra money may be </DIV> <DIV> wasted- and could lead to delay in revival.</DIV> <DIV>- a Neuro is substantially cheaper.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My inclination right now is to tentatively sign up as a Neuro, but to hopefully purchase a life insurance policy that will barely cover a full-body, in case I change my mind later.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would like to get the opinions of other Cryonicists regarding which option is superior based on factors which I may have failed to list here. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Wishes,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jeffrey Herrlich <BR><BR></DIV><DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><HR size="1">Feel free to call! 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