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The Avantguardian wrote:
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<pre wrap="">From: spike <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:spike66@att.net"><spike66@att.net></a>
To: ExI chat list <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"><extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org></a>
Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 6:19:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] Cryonics is getting weird
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Spike wrote:
Avant, which quadrant and why?
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<pre wrap="">drafted as Benevolent Dictator of Alcor with
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Reasoning?
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Quadrant four. Exactly what Alcor did. For several reasons.
First and foremost, it was what the customer wanted and paid me for. </pre>
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False. They paid you for a chance at future life. Not to freeze
whatever remnant of fresh even if it is utterly hopeless to be any more
than a symbolic act. <br>
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<pre wrap="">The customer knew that cryonics is an imperfect science and it has inherent risks associated with it. There is no guarantee of revival even in an ideally performed preservation.</pre>
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Sure, but there is at least the possibility. A year after dead with no
preservation there is none whatsoever. So I do not believe this is a
convincing argument.<br>
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<pre wrap=""> With that knowledge, the man nonetheless wrote into his will that cryopreservation is what he wanted to be done to his remains.</pre>
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It is not about what is done with "remains" but about the possibility
of preserving enough fast enough for possible further life. It is not
about disposal of truly dead. It may look like that in current legal
terms but that was not the intend of the person in signing up and I
think we all know this.<br>
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<pre wrap=""> It would be no different if someone had contracted with Alcor to be cremated and have his ashes scattered over Red Light District of Amsterdam.</pre>
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It is quite different.<br>
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- samantha<br>
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