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To: philan who wrote (14138)	5/28/1998 3:40:00 PM
From: Andrew Vance	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17305

AV--Unfortunately nit in my lifetime and maybe not in my children's. However, since most of realistic Science Fiction actually becomes science fact, it could be within the next 100 years. Right now from the nickel seats, I see the "full body freeze" that no one is sure of whether you can be brought back without "freezer burn" or the "lop off your head" idea that minimizes the space required and might be able to maintain the electrical nerve impulses of the brain for future attachment to...Hmmm, I wonder what. Anyway, following the Christopher Reeves story, I do believe that we might see regeneration of nerve tissue in our lifetime. As far as being a participant myself, well, if I were terminally ill and still had my mental faculties, I would ask for the cryogenic solution just about when they felt it was time to say goodbye to the family. It would be a measure of extreme last resort, if I could afford it. I wouldn't mind being an experiment for future advances as long as I was not a frozen dinner for some future alien invasion<GGG>. We all have "demented" wishes we grapple with occasionally. My most frequent vision is to have my brain implanted into an android body cavity that would allow me to maintain my brain function in an indestructible housing. I do not want to cheat death but rather experience the miracles of human invention over the next 200-300 years. Many things have happened over the last century and I am eager to see the innovations and wonders the next few centuries will bring. After that, flip my switch and let me fade away. Andrew