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This is the part I found most inviting about the whole process; the fact that it's covered by life insurance? Wow! And you raise the excellent point of options,

This is the part I found most inviting about the whole process; the fact that it's covered by life insurance? Wow! And you raise the excellent point of options, what are the better options? Cremated? no thanks... Six feet under? I'd rather not sit to rot. I find that given this preservation is easily accessible by insurance, I would expect more people to sign up for it. I know I'm considering it on the options alone... what do you have to lose? Either way, as the article points out, the decision is based on faith... but maybe it also comes down to taste and a little bit of morality or how you were brought up (there's also logic to consider if one is educated). Maybe some things to be lost are if one is to be resurrected, pushing the consciousness aside, one would have to be sure one's estate is preserved too- otherwise, one might come back homeless. Also, could you live 100 years from now, without any of your family members (except maybe their offspring) because they didn't feel right about doing it? Very interesting and thought provoking article.

Femur 17y ago
>This is the part I found most inviting about the whole process; the fact that it's covered by life insurance? I know! It is a pretty sweet deal. >I would expect more people to sign up for it. I totally agree. From my perspective, i would think cryonics would be MUCH more popular. I think it has to do with the fact that death and dying are just plain touchy subjects that people don't like to think about. > I know I'm considering it on the options alone... what do you have to lose? Not much; just some money. Signing up is not hard and I highly recommend it if you are seriously considering it. >you're basing your decision on faith This is true and as an educated person, I have trouble with this reliance on faith. But I do have "faith" (rather I believe in the likelihood) that man will solve problems. We will discover the Higgs Boson, we will go to mars, we will clone a human and we will figure out a way to wake these Corpse-Popsicles up. If other want to call that faith, then faith I have.

Femur 17y ago

>This is the part I found most inviting about the whole process; the fact that it's covered by life insurance? I know! It is a pretty sweet deal. >I would expect more people to sign up for it. I totally agree. From my perspective, i would think cryonics would be MUCH more popular. I think it has to do with the fact that death and dying are just plain touchy subjects that people don't like to think about. > I know I'm considering it on the options alone... what do you have to lose? Not much; just some money. Signing up is not hard and I highly recommend it if you are seriously considering it. >you're basing your decision on faith This is true and as an educated person, I have trouble with this reliance on faith. But I do have "faith" (rather I believe in the likelihood) that man will solve problems. We will discover the Higgs Boson, we will go to mars, we will clone a human and we will figure out a way to wake these Corpse-Popsicles up. If other want to call that faith, then faith I have.