In the End there are Endless Possibilities

Death has certainly has become more technical over the years. There’s an article in AARP that says the average price of a funeral is around $6000. I’m assuming they mean here in the United States. I think everyone worries and a lot has been written about all the ‘what-ifs’ of over population, but what happens when there’s no room for cemeteries? How will the funeral evolve? Earlier this year some of the remains of Star Trek’s Scotty (James Doohan) were sent into space. What if the first colony in outer space is actually a colony of dead people? What if we started burying people on the moon and then everyone would always be able to look up into the night sky and remember their ancestors? Wonder where Aunty Sue ended up? Well, she’d be up there. Everyone would be up there. Of course it’s not a very good idea since we humans represent part of the earth’s resources and we should probably be trying to figure out the best way to recycle. And it seems that’s becoming a possibility as well. The Green funeral business seems to be on the rise: Click here for an article in USA Today. I also found an online calculator that asks a series of questions and then tells you would be worth – if you dropped dead and donated your body to science. What would the medical practice be like if we all had no choice, but to offer ourselves up to the be used for medical research? How would that work?