X-Message-Number: 4096 From: (Punderwood) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: continuity/self Date: 26 Mar 1995 17:23:29 -0500 Message-ID: <3l4ph1$> References: <3l0pjd$> I read a few years ago about a mathematician with a brain tumor who wanted to, er, intentionally cease metabolizing before the tumor destroyed his consciousness, and go into cryonic suspension. As I recall, a court had ruled that he couldn't do that because the process would kill him. This guy was very, very worried about slowly changing from a conscious individual to a nonconscious one "in many small steps without a dividing line." What finally happened to this guy, anyway? I hope he worked it out somehow. What a horrible predicament. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4096