Is cryonics a racket that exploits desperate people ?
Like conventional medicine, cryonics is not designed to exploit desperate people, even though people can be desperate for the service. Members of cryonics organizations are typically people who have given thought to the trends of science and the potential to use those trends to achieve the vastly extended lifespan they desire for themselves and their loved-ones. But cryonics organizations are often approached by people who are traumatized by the impending or recent death of a loved-one − an event that has caught those people completely unprepared. In their grief such people are often willing to mortgage their assets − borrow far beyond their means. Cryonics organizations do not seek desperate, last-minute cases − not only because such cases are emotionally troubling, but because such cases are financially, legally and politically hazardous. When a desperate person instigating a last-minute cryonic preservation overcomes grief, they (or a family member) can easily initiate a lawsuit tha
