[ExI] Medical power of attorney for cryonicsts

[Mike Dougherty]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:43 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> Today is new day.  Now I have the potential to contact a fully consenting
> informed patient, who is smart as a whip and knows what is at stake.
> Although his medical license is not up to date and he stopped practicing
> several years ago, he understands the risks of being an experimental pilot
> with medications and he knows what happens if he does nothing.  In some
> ways, fooling with bexarotene is analogous to our cryonics: we recognize it
> is a longshot, but we know for sure what happens if we do nothing.
>
> If I explain my theory, show him my calculations, give him my source for bex
> and share my recipe, would I still be in the green on the ethics scale?

What exactly do you fear would or could be misconstrued about this?

I'm not sure how this is so much different than recommending a
vegetarian diet or crossfit exercise regimen.  Either or both can lead
to harm if done incorrectly, the person actively chooses to engage in
them.  You're not forcing anyone to do anything.

Or is there actually an ethics problem where educating someone leaves
culpability with the educator for the actions taken with that
information?  Because if that's true, I'll blame my high school
teachers for a lot more of my past than I realized I could get away
with.  :)