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Alcor is not offering a burial service for it claims to
be a medical
operation designed to restore deceased,
decapitated, and
frozen individuals to life and good
health at a future date.
Fees in 2003 were $120,000 (whole body) and
$50,000
(cranium only), which increased during 2005 to $150,000
and $80,000, respectively.
The following statement is from their website.
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"Alcor Life Extension"
"Cryonics, simply stated, is the rapid cooling
of a person’s
body, usually in liquid nitrogen, in order to preserve the
tissue, cellular and molecular structure
in the hopes that
future advancements in science and technology will be
developed to allow Alcor the scientific means
to repair the
ravages of diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,
the effects of aging; thereby potentially
restoring the
individual back to good health."
Source: Alcor main webpage 02/14/2003.
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Note:
The following is a related excerpt from the article,
"Say It Ain't So
Joe," Fame Forum, Volume IX,
Number 18, July 11, 2006.
Many readers should be aware of basic steps in cryonics
whereby deceased
individuals are decapitated, drained of
bodily fluids, placed in stainless-steel containers, and
frozen in liquid nitrogen
to a temperature of -340F with
objectives that those remains will be repaired, restored,
and revived to life at some
future date. These are the
purposes, promises, and procedures of cryonics, which
individuals currently pay
$150,000 for full suspension.
This process is highly questionable, and should be subject
to investigation.
The State of Arizona has effective and
enforceable consumer protection laws, which could result
in cessation of fraudulent
practices perpetrated upon the
general public. The "Save Ted" website provides details
on how this could be accomplished.
Proponents
of cryonics counter this by saying, "We don't
really mean that and there is no guarantee of restoration."
However,
the treatment processes described in contracts
and on the firm's website, stated and implied purposes of
cryonics, extensive
preparation and suspension procedures,
and formal definitions and terms used by others involved
with the topic, indicate
that the intention of cryonics is
revitalization of deceased individuals.
It is technically impossible for cryonics
to achieve what
it proposes, --life after death.
Furthermore, it is also difficult to otherwise convince
proponents
of this process for their assumptions are based
upon an unsubstantiated belief. When confronted by reality,
often
the reaction is to become even more entrenched.
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