because I anticipate that my family and close friends will have a harder time overcoming their grief if my body is not actually present at the funeral.
Would you mind discussing this more? I find it hard to believe that this could be your real reason for not doing it. For instance, if there were ways to display your body in some kind of cryocasket, wouldn't that give them the funeral they wanted without destroying your brain simply for their satisfaction?
This is a personal disposition, but when I attended an open casket funeral for a good friend, seeing his corpse made it worse for me. I had something akin to the uncanny valley reaction, and had difficulty accepting that it was him. It didn't help that he took two bullets to the face, but it still felt very wrong to be in that room with him. I don't really see how people get any positive feelings from such a funeral.
I don't really see how people get any positive feelings from such a funeral.
When my father died, my brother and I both went to the mortuary before the funeral and insisted on seeing the body. (Open caskets are not a Jewish custom.)
The morticians were extremely reluctant -- there had been an autopsy, and he was cut open and etc., and they hadn't prepared the body for viewing, yadda yadda yadda -- but they eventually gave in.
I can't speak for my brother, but for me there was a definite, and strong, release of emotional tension associated with seeing the b...
Simultaneously signing up for organ donation and cryonics versus only cryonics. Does having less organs decrease the likelihood of cryonics (including revival) working? Is it a good idea to have only your head frozen anyway, to save on electricity and storage? Do the benefits of organ donation outweigh any costs it could possibly incur, since organ donation is known to work?
Discuss.
I'm an organ donor because signing up was quick and easy. I'm not signing up for cryonics, because I anticipate that my family and close friends will have a harder time overcoming their grief if my body is not actually present at the funeral.