By chance, I came up with a strange but, I hope, well-founded idea on how to have fun, excitement, and perhaps perspective on the occasion of my death. It should inspire atheists, agnostics, and anybody else to stage at least a fancy laser show on the occasion of their burial. And perhaps foster some thoughts on “live” after death. How this is meant to come about is explained very quickly here:
I plan a cremation where the remains are not only the ashes and flue gases but also the light generated by the burning body. These are my photons! I plan to have them collected by a system of optical elements to increase their flux and feed them in a solar-pumped laser. The laser is not pumped by sunlight but by my photons/my light. The generated laser beam is sent into space and may carry any information on it as I choose. Consider this a brightly illuminated headstone traveling through interstellar space. Where are the Trekkies to join me in developing this idea? Patent is pending