X-Message-Number: 10384 Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:47:39 -0700 From: Marty Nemko <> Subject: good news References: <> I was able to insert a pro-cryonics paragraph into my latest book. The publisher printed 40,000 for the first printing, so it should get lots of exposure--the book is in the "...for Dummies" series: "Cool Careers for Dummies." For your amusement, here's the paragraph on cryonics. I put it in the book's section on future trends. CRYONIC SUSPENSION Nanotechnology, the ability to manipulate molecule-by-molecule, means that in 50-200 years, it is likely that we will be able to repair age-damaged cells--for example, by lengthening the previously mentioned telomeres. More and more people are deciding to be frozen in liquid nitrogen upon their deaths in hopes of being revived when science has advanced enough that this molecule-by-molecule repair can be done. Though the odds of all this working out may be small, the alternative is absolutely certainty of being eaten by worms, and an eternity of death. Long life, Marty Nemko Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10384