A Personal Statement from Iain Banks

Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by jellicle on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @10:56AM (#5486415)

> Now, I'm rather skeptical of the whole process myself, but the crynoics guys understand biology 101.

Actually, they mostly understand Psychology 101, which is that people are willing to pay unlimited amounts of money for the promise of life after death. SEE ALSO: turning lead into gold.

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Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by Jach on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @11:08AM (#5486505)

If they really wanted to scam people, there are far better ways than suckering a couple thousand people out of membership dues, and a couple hundred people out of leaving their $30k - $200k (hardly unlimited, especially for software developers!) life insurance payout to a family member.

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Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by afterburner on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @01:12PM (#5487380)

There's always another way to skin a cat, but you get good at one way and keep at it.

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Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by FeepingCreature on Thursday April 04, 2013 @04:38AM (#5491610)

http://www.alcor.org/cryomyths.html

> Alcor has no company owners to profit from cryonics, salaries are modest, and the Board of Directors serves without pay.

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Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by davidgerard on Saturday April 06, 2013 @12:10PM (#5503989)

Cryonicists are, generally, painfully sincere. This is not the same as correct, of course. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Cryonics

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