CryoNet #33128 - #33130

CryoNet - Fri 24 Dec 2010

    #33128: Re: a cryonics economics-dropout tells his story online [John de Rivaz]
    #33129: Achievements--# 2 [Ettinger]
    #33130: xmas cheer :-) [David Stodolsky]

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Message #33128
From: "John de Rivaz" <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: a cryonics economics-dropout tells his story online
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:50:53 -0000

Could the existing policy be transferred to CI? Maybe it could be sufficient if made up (no more premiums)?

Even if he doesn't like CI it is better than nothing, surely.

-- 
Sincerely, John de Rivaz:  http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including
Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley
Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy,  Nomad .. and
more
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  Subject: a cryonics economics-dropout tells his story online

  Good stuff!
  http://www.network54.com/Forum/672374/message/1292994299/LATER+YEARS+-+not+the+same+as+earlier+years.

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Message #33129
From: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:55:49 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Achievements--# 2

What's what and who's who? Disagreements always include pointing-with-pride 
 to distinguished endorsers of whichever point of view, and detractors of  
cryonics have the numbers on their side, including a majority--but by no 
means  all--of the putative experts, the cryobiologists. But it is a simple 
fact that a  paradigm-changing idea, which challenges ages-old beliefs and 
threatens  long-held loyalties, needs very careful consideration before 
rejection,  especially when survival is in the balance.
 
Supporters of cryonics are in the minority, but to a substantial extent  
they make up in quality what they lack in quantity. Cryonicists have many  
backgrounds, but there is a notable tendency for them to be of higher than  
average intelligence and education. For example, I sometimes say that "Doctors  
choose cryonics, nine to one." This doesn't mean that 9 out of 10 
physicians  support cryonics, but that there are about 9 times as many physicians in  
cryonics as would be expected on a population-proportionate basis. Similar  
statements apply in other areas, and especially in computer science.
 
(I have a theory as to why we are over-represented among computer  
scientists, namely that they (1) are accustomed to following logic wherever it  may 
lead, and (2) are accustomed to working in the vanguard of new ideas.)
 
So here's what I suggest for today. Google "Scientists' Open Letter on  
Cryonics." There are 61 signatures on this letter of support for cryonics, many 
 of whom you will recognize. There is also a list of journal publications  
tending to support cryonics. No honest person could look af this list 
without  respect. 
 
Robert Ettinger

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Message #33130
From: David Stodolsky <[email protected]>
Subject: xmas cheer :-)
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:43:44 +0100

http://www.thecomicnews.com/edtoons/current/weekly/health/04.php

dss

David Stodolsky
[email protected]  Skype: davidstodolsky

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