X-Message-Number: 12942 Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 14:11:42 -0500 From: Paul Wakfer <> Subject: Blue Gene compared with OPerfected Long-term Suspended Animation References: <> > Message #12937 > From: > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:18:57 +1000 > Subject: Blue Gene > > Just to clarify the issue of Blue Gene. (John Clark has covered most of this > already but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears) Thomas Donaldson seems to > think that this is no technological breakthrough. Well it is certainly not a new > technology, no chemical/molecular/optical blah blahs. But this is its strength - > it can be done, it is not likely to disappear from the scene never to be heard > of again (with further investigation revealing a insurmountable unforseen > problem encountered). I think that it should be pointed out (as I have done many times without the advantage of such a major and current illustrative example), that your exact same statment: > Well it is certainly not a new > technology, no chemical/molecular/optical blah blahs. But this is its strength - > it can be done, Applies to the quest for perfected long-term suspended animation. No fundamentally new scientific or technological breakthroughs are necessary there either. The design space of currently available chemical and physical variables is almost certainly sufficient to do the job. And clearly, the value of the achievement, THE END OF NON-OBLITERATIVE DEATH, is far greater than the goal of Blue Gene. That is the reason why I have urged and continue to urge life-extensionists to put all their wealth which is not necessary to maintain a high level of health, a moderate level of material benefit, funding for a cryonic suspension, and adequate funding for retirement or disability into the quest for perfected long-term suspended animation with the research organization of their choice. Paul Wakfer Voice-mail: 416-968-6291 Fax: 559-663-5511 ICQ: 25490505 The Institute for Neural Cryobiology - http://neurocryo.org Perfected cryopreservation of Central Nervous System tissue for neuroscience research & medical repair of brain diseases PS. One small correction to your otherwise excellent write-up about Blue Gene. DNA and RNA are made of nucleotides, but proteins are composed of amino acids. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12942