I think that the idea is good, and the engineering is fine for back-of-the-envelope, but can we please call it a “vault” or something instead of a grave? Cryonics already has an image problem, and we don’t want to suggest the people in the grave are permanently dead.
But, on the other hand, there is the advantage that if you spin it as a grave, then when the cryonics company goes bust, the law protects the patient (to some extent) from being disturbed. For example, creditors can’t dismantle it for scrap if it’s a grave, but if it’s an Alcor/CI asset, then they can.
Rather like patently atheistic cryonicists having to say that they have a “religious” objection to autopsy.
Then we can suggest that they’re temporarily dead, but they’re still dead, so it’s a “grave”. Religions have been saying that death is temporary for thousands of years anyways, it wouldn’t be anything new.
I think that the idea is good, and the engineering is fine for back-of-the-envelope, but can we please call it a “vault” or something instead of a grave? Cryonics already has an image problem, and we don’t want to suggest the people in the grave are permanently dead.
But, on the other hand, there is the advantage that if you spin it as a grave, then when the cryonics company goes bust, the law protects the patient (to some extent) from being disturbed. For example, creditors can’t dismantle it for scrap if it’s a grave, but if it’s an Alcor/CI asset, then they can.
Rather like patently atheistic cryonicists having to say that they have a “religious” objection to autopsy.
“cryonics” → “autopsy”, I assume
Then we can suggest that they’re temporarily dead, but they’re still dead, so it’s a “grave”. Religions have been saying that death is temporary for thousands of years anyways, it wouldn’t be anything new.
Maybe we should spin a cryo-patient as “undead”. Isn’t there a vampire show on TV that everyone is glued to? I can’t even remember the name.