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Why Transbemans in Biostasis are Alive
Dr. Rothblatt combines her legal and biotechnical expertise to explore a definition of legally being alive as it pertains to the present definition of death and how both relate to those cryogenically preserved or in biostasis.
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Keywords: Martine Rothblatt, definition, being alive, cryogenically preserved, biostasis, cryostasis, cybernetic biostasis, cyberconsciousness, transbeman, autonomy, death, legally alive, legally not dead, really alive, really not dead, Alcor, vitrification, cyber-life, medico-legal, cybernetic substrate, deathism, National Commission of Laws, Uniform Determination of Death Act, National Death Opt-Out via Biostasis Registry, NDOBR, biostasis certificate, biostasee.