Humans have intrinsic value. What is the financial value of intrinsic human worth?

[Anonymous]

At least your organs are worth something

In your own chosen currency, what is the value of a human? Are some humans worth more than others?

[OneViewpoint]

I've seen the question of intrinsic value boiled down in a different way. The value of the individual chemical elements that make up our bodies. Carbon, iron, etc. Organs have a very finite shelf life. Like hours. The raw elements from the periodic table are the ultimate "intrinsic value".

A quick AI query yielded a neat summary.

"The classic intrinsic value of a human body, when broken down strictly into its raw elements from the periodic table, is historically estimated to be between $1 and $160, with a classic mid-20th-century textbook figure famously placing it at just 98 cents.

About 99% of your body mass is made up of just six common, inexpensive elements: Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Calcium, and Phosphorus."

[RavVid]

The bottom dropped out of the market since slavery was abolished. never recovered. About $0.

[Asker]

Now you have to pay people to work. We've priced ourselves out of the market!

[RavVid]

I'd say so.

[Anonymous]

Of course it varies. Everyone’s innards are of a different quality.

[RachyRach]

Invaluable.

[Asker]

I wish that was true.