X-Message-Number: 14048 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: Polls on life extension issues Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 17:39:38 +0100 I have added a web page which details various polls on life extension issues. Find it off the Longevity Report contents page, or direct on http://geocities.yahoo.com/longevityrpt/voting.htm You can also monitor the page to see the current results of the polls. Current votes include: Should pharmaceutical companies fund their research from Making large profits compared to manufacturing costs of existing products Selling additional stock on the stock market Which is a better way to fund medical research? By the sale of stocks Ask for donations from the public Organise by government using money raised by taxation The researchers taking a loan The researchers taking a loan guaranteed by the government from taxation If disease and ageing were curable and only accident could cause death? People should be allowed to live as long as possible People should be executed to make room for more people at age 65 People should be executed to make room for more people at age 75 People should be executed to make room for more people at age 90 People should be executed to make room for more people at age 105 People should be executed to make room for more people at age 125 People should be executed to make room for more people at age 150 People should be executed to make room for more people at another age If any government or profession suppressed a procedure that would halt and/or reverse ageing would they? Be mass murderers Be protecting the environment If a medicine was available that would reverse ageing, would you take it? Yes No Is going to the dentist less stressful if? The dentist is the same sex The dentist is the opposite sex (I am gay) The dentist is the same sex (I am gay) The dentist is the opposite sex I never go to the dentist so don't know Which is better at obtaining the truth? The scientific method The legal method The religious method (faith) Democracy Should people be allowed to opt out of autopsy (compulsorily being dissected when dead)? Yes No Not if it retards medical research Not if it retards legal research Not if it retards any research -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, my singles club for people in Cornwall, music, Inventors' report, an autobio and various other projects: http://geocities.yahoo.com/longevityrpt Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14048