In message <CAG=tLbiLfrnzYZBigtH_zptSs2PSC+FPRe2hZAqVfbEe05=wwg@mail.gmail.com>, Nhu Nguyen <xerantheum@gmail.com> writes >I should also be able to accrue interest on my savings account say 100,000 >years from now if my DNA were preserved. I've read books that suggest having DNA is not enough to recreate the organism, I don't recall the argument exactly, but something like you need an egg to put it in. Obviously [1] the information in your head, and anything else that comes under nurture or environment would not be recreated. The old joke is invest a penny for 200 years at 10% and by the miracle of compound interest you'll have a million pounds which by then will be worth nothing. [1] physical law - causality. -- David Pilling email: david@pilling.demon.co.uk web: http://www.davidpilling.net/