X-Message-Number: 19861
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:15:00 -0700
From: Mike Perry <>
Subject: Cheaper Attempted Identity Conservation

>Message #19852
>Date: 20 Aug 2002 16:36:03 -0000
>From: Asteromed e.V. <>
>Subject: Re: Message #19833
>
>My turn, I must play, so I would use the "standard" popular gun with all 
>the chambers filled with bullets. This is because I can not afford the 
>expensive gun sold by Cryonics providers. What should I say before the 
>shot? Should I say: "Thank you Alcor and ACS for my death, because it is 
>fine that cheap methods like chemical preservation and storage of personal 
>data for activities by the use of artificial intelligence are removed from 
>the market!"Make a suggestion.

You do have a point. I wish very much that this situation were remedied. 
There is a lot that can be said (and hopefully *done*) on this subject, and 
it goes beyond "conventional wisdom" both in and outside cryonics. (As a 
start, I say some things in my book ... .) I guess my suggestion at this 
point is at least to keep the discussion going, and there are a few things 
that can be done now or relatively easily arranged, such as storage of 
records and cell samples.

Mike Perry

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