X-Message-Number: 2866 From: (Robert D Grahame) Subject: CRYONICS (Re: Fear of Abuse) References: <> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 94 18:20:13 GMT >It seems to me that being in suspension is just about the most vulnerable >position to be in, It is, but I personally compare it with where I would be if *not* suspended. The possibility of something nasty happening to me is no worse than the alternative certainty of decomposing or being cremated. >Perhaps I will be used for experimentation This is theoretically possible, but unless they repaired your brain first (which will be the difficult bit) you would not be there (in any meaningful sense) to experience it. If I was not suspended at death I would have no problem with my remains being used my scientists for research or students for practise. If they *can* repair the brain, then their technology will be so far advanced that I can't see why they would want to experiment on something they'd already mapped out and manipulated down to a subcellular level. >More vividly than that I can imagine being physically abused If you mean this like I think, then pre-brain-repair (a) you will have no possible knowledge of it, and (b) at a body temperature of -196 degrees Celsius your potential assailant had better be good at avoiding a fatal attack of frostbite. After brain repair it's certainly no more likely than to any other patient in a medical establishment. >I realise that fears are subjective, This is very true, and I apologise if any of the above sounded flipant; my fears are more of what happens *before* I get suspended rather than what I may experience afterwards (if anything). >Kitty te Riele, Regards, -- Bob Grahame, Streatham, London. LAN Consultant -- Voice : +(44)71 406 7795 : PGP Key available -- Towel : 0d8'22"W51d24'16"N+29M Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2866