What's your thoughts on being an organ donor?

[Raineyrocks]

Heat death might put an end to your biological existence.

Although I plan to extend my biological existence to around 120 years, but beyond that I think quality of life would go down so much that I'll probably get bored and move on.    I like it here, but I'm not a masochist.

Do you know who I really think would never get bored if he lived past 120 years?  Steve Irwin and look at how young he died and in such a bizarre way too! 

I was just reading about stingrays yesterday and  a lot of people were stabbed by them and survived but Steve got it right in the heart, didn't he? 

[srqrebel]

Neato, how?

You'll love to hear what noted Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey has to say on this. He has an exciting 20-minute video on TED.com. I don't know how to embed (yet!), so here is the link instead:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/39

[Raineyrocks]

Neato, how?

You'll love to hear what noted Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey has to say on this. He has an exciting 20-minute video on TED.com. I don't know how to embed (yet!), so here is the link instead:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/39

Darn it stalled on me, I'll listen to it later, thanks!   All the phones in our house aren't working,  the computer is running slow, something weird is going on here.

[ByronB]

I am a organ donor, I seriously have my witness signatures and everything... however it is specified that I will only donate my brain, nothing else. So next time sometime in the future when some poor body has a damaged brain and I've probably crashed my Kawasaki ZX12R I can rest peacefully knowing I am doing all I can to save some unfortunates body.

But how can you donate your brain if you crashed your bike, wouldn't it be mush?

As long as I don't smash directly into something and I have a decent helmet on I imagine my brain would be ok for a second life...

[Tunga]

It's only encouragement for the doctors to cut you up and farm you out when you might have survived a big trama.

"It's only at the turning point, that you find out how you fight." - Rael

From "The lamb lies down on Broadway" by Genesis