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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Some countries, such as Switzerland and the Netherlands, do permit physician assisted suicide in the case of those inflicted with Alzheimer’s. This only applies to citizens of the Netherlands, but Switzerland permits it for foreigners.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, April 3, 2021 1:02 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">ExI chat list</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com">Dan TheBookMan</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ExI] Cryonics Dilemma</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 3, 2021, at 9:12 AM, Hermes Trismegistus via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have a question for all you cryonics enthusiasts. Suppose you are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Would you endure and have your neurons die and disintegrate beyond even information recovery with a nearly guaranteed few more years of additional life, or bite the bullet for a chance at a significantly longer lifespan?<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My understanding — and please others correct me if I’m misinformed here — is if you’re thinking of ‘ending’ your life sooner to get into cryonic suspension, this probably won’t work out well because the government might see this as suicide and then do stuff like run a full autopsy.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>Dan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>