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Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
From:  (John de Rivaz)
Subject: Re: Is Cyronics a Good Thing To Spend Money On ?

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Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 10:15:37 +0000
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I think some of this thread has dribbled over into "Future technology 
panacea" or may be my system is at fault.

However, an answer I make to people who say that money should be 
bequeathed rather than spent on cryonic suspension is to compare the 
cost with a world cruise. No one seems to object if elderly people take 
a world cruise in their retirement, which is a total consumption of 
money (unlike buying an object, eg a house, which can be left to 
heirs). [A couple having CI suspensions make the costs comparable, 
admittdedly with any of the other organisations the cruise would have 
to be a good one, but there are some available at that price.]

Another even better comparison is between the costs of a cryonic 
suspension compared with various **ectomies or **otomies and fitting 
of prostheses performed to give a few months of poor quality life to 
cancer sufferers. The total costs are usually far higher than cryonics, 
but again these attract little approbium from those anticipating 
legacies, either for themselves or clients from whom they can attract 
fee income.

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