X-Message-Number: 9719 Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 03:58:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: cryonics survey I uploaded the following survey to a few newsgroups, but never got any replies, perhaps because it was insufficiently amusing. Food for thought. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- I was wondering why cryonics is so unpopular. After being frozen there is at least a theoretical possibility of coming back, without having to rely on divine intervention. Nonetheless the two alternatives cremation and burial see virtually all of the unh - business. Then one day an apple fell out of a tree and hit yours truly on the head. Bong. It's the money. Here's the approximate cost and percentage of the business for the three options: Option Cost Percentage of Business ____________________________________________ cremation: $1,000 70% burial: $3,000 29.9999% cryonics: $100,000+ 0.0001% The following is a survey designed to see how cheap cryonics would need to be, to be competitive. Please note that the price is not cash on the barrel head. Cryonics is usually financed by life insurance, and that the life insurance provided gratis by many companies for their employees is also accepted. Here's the survey. Check the largest amount below where you would at least consider cryonics as an option. (I mean consider, not choose, for who knows what one will choose when the time comes.) Then email the result to myself at I will post the statistical results of this survey on this same newsgroup. __ $100,000 (I have money to burn! - I mean freeze with) __ $28,000 (one cryonics company offers this low ball price) __ $15,000 (company sponsored life insurance often covers this) __ $10,000 (price of a good used car) __ $5,000 (price of a Great! Stereo) __ $3,000 (same price as burial - cheapskate) __ 2 cents (what the heck) __ zip (against my religion) Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9719