tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post6440587550117344457..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Memento moriGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-74879466894949217342013-01-19T10:22:39.659-08:002013-01-19T10:22:39.659-08:00I've always been somewhat mystified by people&...I've always been somewhat mystified by people's response to death and dying. <br /><br />I guess if you're playing music for Grandma in the cemetery or something, it must be some kind of inability to believe that they're really gone...although, as you say, that's a pretty horrifying idea.<br /><br />My preference, which I've shared with my friends and family (and I currently have the paperwork on my kitchen table waiting to be filled out) is to donate my body to the Body Farm, so I can be tossed out in a field (or bog, pond, whatever), left to decompose naturally, and studied for forensic science. My skeleton will then eventually end up in the museum at the university that runs the Body Farm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842190608121490293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-72296694555166139002013-01-19T07:24:37.995-08:002013-01-19T07:24:37.995-08:00When I die, I hope my friends will marinate me and...When I die, I hope my friends will marinate me and feast ont he remains. I have no preference as to condiments.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-13299034686261908622013-01-19T05:41:04.575-08:002013-01-19T05:41:04.575-08:00That is AWESOME.That is AWESOME.Gordon Bonnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-27054344930090344112013-01-19T05:35:46.147-08:002013-01-19T05:35:46.147-08:00My favorite option among today's choices is pr...My favorite option among today's choices is promession. Of course, I think this is only a choice is Sweden, and possibly S. Korea, so if I feel the end is near I'll need to book travel quickly. Or, find someone with a good bit of liquid nitrogen and no plans for the weekend.<br /><br />If you're not familiar with the practice, the body is first frozen and then shattered using ultrasound. The resulting biomass is then screened, and/or passed through a strong magnetic field, to remove fillings and any other foreign materials.<br /><br />I think most of the time, the promains are then used in the planting of a tree or such in a memorial garden, though since they're water-safe, they could also work for burial at sea. Sort of like flaked fish-food.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964371884461402622noreply@blogger.com