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?