X-Message-Number: 5042
Date: 23 Oct 95 09:27:18 EDT
From: Mike Darwin <>
Subject: Antemortem Freeze

>Does anyone know if there are any countries where it is legal to
>perform cryonic suspension before death?

Yes.  I know of at least two such countries.  I actually had a dozen reps (very
smart cookies) from one of them come to see me.

There was only problem: the people they were interested in me freezing were not
interested in it personally at all.  You probably saw some of them on TV
standing in front of tanks a few years ago.  I sympathized with the potential

subjects more than with the visitors.  However, since they are removing kidneys,
hearts and livers for other purposes from these subjects, it seemed a shame to
them to let perfectly good brains go to waste, especially considering how bady
they wanted reversible brain cryopreservation. And besides, they were under
considerable time pressure.

I declined.  It was hard decision.

A piece advice:  you would do well not find yourself in the antemortem care
facilities of these countries awaiting cryopreservation.  It's not that you
would not get cryopreserved under very good conditions, but rather that you
would not stay that way very long.  Real-time results oriented research, you
know, requires real-time evaluation of the outcome.

Mike Darwin


"Once zee rockets are up, who cares where zey come down, says Whener Von Braun."

"And Whener Von Braun is learning Chinese."

--Tom Leherer


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