Would you donate your body to science? Why or why not?
In a story for Tuesday’s Post-Dispatch, we profile Jim Bilderback of St. Louis, who saw the Body Worlds exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center and now wants to donate his body to the project after his death.
“My real goal is educational,” he told reporter Diane Toroian Keaggy. “Cadavers are hard to use as a learning tool — they’re gray and rubbery. I think people can learn so much about anatomy from this exhibit.”
I saw the Body Worlds exhibit during the week after Christmas; I thought it was fascinating. My son was grossed out. My daughter was also absorbed by it. None of us was compelled to become a part of the show after our death.
Would you? Would you donate your body to science in any other capacity — as a cadaver for a medical school, for example? Why or why not?
Kurt is the director of social media for the Post-Dispatch, where he has worked since August 2002. He's been a journalist since 1982, covering municipal government, courts, education and two hurricanes as a reporter before becoming an editor. 
Speaking as a scientist, part of “real science” is conveying our findings and making the wonder of nature more accessible to the public. “Real science” sates curiosity and answers questions (not to mention raising new ones) from Nobel Prize winners to toddlers. Body Worlds is part of that educational process. The exhibit may not necessarily be experimental or predictive but it illustrates on a viscerally-engaging level questions all we conceited humans have: how do we work?
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