[MURG] Re: Cryonics costs

[James Swayze]

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>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:07:46 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Thomas Weber <aad1trailmaker at yahoo.ca>
>Subject: Re: [MURG] mind uploading x prize?
>To: murg at minduploading.org
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> --- "Randal A. Koene" <rak at minduploading.org> wrote: 
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>
>>Hi Thomas,
>>
>>Your offer is generous, that is sure, and your
>>presence of mind in your
>>circumstances is admirable.
>>    
>>
>
>Thomas:
>Thank you. I stick around MURG because I am really
>interested in the concept of mind uploading. I think
>everything happens for a reason. If the mind is to be
>uploaded it must remain present under such
>circumstance as separating itself from the current
>body.
>
>My question is to all of
>  
>
>>MURG rather than
>>just to you: What, at this point, can we do with
>>such an offer? I am
>>tempted to say: Make sure you arrange cryonics and
>>then offer your tissues
>>for early uploading attempts.
>>    
>>
>
>Thomas:
>I think it is a good idea. The only problem is that
>there is some serious money involved. I have already
>signed my body over to the University of British
>Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.  
>  
>

Not quite that serious, $33,000.00 at Cryonics Institute of Michigan 
hrrp://www.cryonics.org. I suppose life insurance is out of the 
question? It may not be, have you checked with Rudi Hoffman? 
RUDIHOFFMA at aol.com He almost had something that would have worked for me 
but just didn't quite make it. However, I have like 4 life threatenig 
illnesses, I don't think you ar as far gone as I as far as the 
insuarance game is concerned. I urge you to check with Rudi. He's *the* 
quintessential cryonics insurance provider.

You might need to consider combining a $20k death/burial insurance 
policy that is not as health centric. If you could square a life 
insurance policy for 20k and a death/burial one for 20k you'dbe over the 
mark and then have somethingto use for unknows like transportation of 
body costs, or maybe a rider to help CI move your body to the 
uploadingfacility when the time came or possibily the additional cost of 
an expected price increase when they come out with their vitrification 
protocols. Look into this seriously and get your name off the donor list 
to the university because that is the fast way, as fast as burial, to 
final destructio and oblivion.

James

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