X-Message-Number: 24391
From: "Basie" <>
Subject: Is she really alive
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:06:12 -0400

On Wednesday, Jul 14, 2004, at 02:00 US/Pacific, CryoNet wrote:
> From: Randolfe Wicker <>
> ...
> My mother has Alzheimer's and is "in perfect health' except for this
> fact....She doesn't know me, doesn't know her name, has to be
> diapered, fed manually, etc.  Is she really alive????  I don't think
> so.
>
> So, should one preserve a body with a dead mind through cryonics?

Just because she is unable to communicate that she knows you does not mean
she is dead. Babies have diapers and can not communicate well. Are babies
dead?  The lack of communication can make people jump to all kinds of
conclusions. Sometimes it is convenient to declare such people not alive.

Basie

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