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I would like to suggest the film 'Paprika' to the group. This film is excellent on so many levels. I cannot praise it enough to give it justice. Here is some more information about the film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika_(2006_film) This is a trailer I found: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/video/169/ What do you think about the film
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Yaron Brook gave a lecture in Berkeley recently. There is a copy of the lecture in the Wikimedia Commons. If you want to check it out the link is at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:YaronBrookBerkeley24Nov2008.ogg Mises was mentioned...
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Well, I do own a copy for myself. I'm thinking about purchasing the other copy of man economy and state and a copy of power and market and sending them to my friend. That way I can see how well my copy would do on ebay. I get more out of the electronic version anyway.
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I was looking to buy a copy of this book for a friend. They are temporarily out of stock at the Mises Institute. After looking for a copy elsewhere, I found this: http://www.amazon.com/Economy-State-Power-Market-Scholars/dp/0945466307/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226045984&sr=8-1 Wow. I'm impressed Will this edition ever be printed
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Can an individual legally assure (while he is alive) that his body becomes the property of whomever he wishes when he dies? If so, how? If not, why not? "So again, you may find an altruistic person or group of people to safeguard the corpse from generation to generation, but if somebody along the line decides the mass of frozen hamburger meat is
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I think it may have to do with the LvMI being considered a non-profit organization. But don't quote me on it.
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"You can have the fanciest, most complex contract in the world but without a living, breathing plaintiff it's just paper." Ok, but I thought that was obvious. What I'm interested in is how a body could be owned in a manner that would help legally assure safekeeping to what extent it is possible, e.g., how one comes to acquire the ownership
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"To get there, you have to demonstrate viable science, not just speculation that at some time in the future science will advance to the point of being able to re-animate frozen bodies." Why must one "demonstrate viable science?" And to what standsards should they be demonstrable? Is demonstration necessary if certain contractual
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There could be some way to preserve the body in a favorable legal setting that helps lessen the risk of the corpse not making it to an attempted reanimation.
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We could always talk about the property rights involved in cryonics. How exactly would someone contract with another individual in order to, let's say, acquire his property upon reanimation?