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by dahart 3868 days ago
Its impossible to imagine how hard it would be to lose a child, but I can imagine why that state of mind makes even the remotest glimmer of hope for reincarnation seem like a good idea.

I thought This American Life's episode on cryonics was riveting, educational and fascinating.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/354/m...

1 comments

i agree, this is tasteless and should be forbidden in my opinion, the only one who should be able to decide if they want to be frozen and revived should be the person themselves.
It's impractical with kids any more than you can ask them if they want to be born.