Cryonics

[ciphergoth]

I'm considering signing up with the Cryonics Institute. Are you signed up? I'd be interested to hear your reasons why or why not. It does of course sound crazy, but when you press past that initial reaction to find out why it's crazy, I haven't heard a really satisfactory argument yet, and I'm interested to hear what people think. There are many reasons it might not work, but are there reasons to think it's really unlikely to work? How likely does recovery need to be for it to be worth it?

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[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Thanks as always for such detailed and valuable words!

My financial advisor has told me I should seek legal advice before filling in the Absolute Trust forms. Any tips on the right way to go about this? I'm guessing he means advice "on the record" as it were rather than asking my knowledgeable friends, just wondering if there's a better way than Google to find a good firm at a reasonable price. Thanks!

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Fwiw, I'm not convinced that writing the policy in trust gets round the problems. I think "on the record" legal advice is an excellent idea. I know a couple of firms that could probably do this, but they're all in the City, so I suspect you wouldn't like their rates. You could try the Law Society's directory of solicitors. You absolutely need a firm that lists insurance law as one of their specialisms, and when you speak to them, you need to check that they advise on life insurance and not just non-life. You preferably also want a firm that lists something like estate planning or wealth managment - the Law Society doesn't list those separately, which means firms that do it will probably have listed themselves under tax law, trust law or wills/probate. Unfortunately you can only search for one category at a time, though, so the easiest thing is probably to see what hits you get for insurance and then check the websites of those firms to see what else they offer.