X-Message-Number: 15127 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: destrying symbols of coercion Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:59:15 -0000 I would imagine that new causes of death will appear, but the evolution of new diseases is not quite so certain. The processes of life are finite, ie what makes biological human beings work is capable of complete understanding, if not by a human brain by the current design, certainly by a computer enhanced one. Once that is attained, no disease (ie action of a bacteria, virus or genetic defect) will be incurable. As to storage of cryopreserved patients - there is a lot of empty space on cold planets in the universe. However your conjecture about "life after death" could apply to certain irrecoverable causes of death, such as being cut to pieces and burned or rotted - the sole real cause of death today. Other things, like disease, ageing and accidents, don't cause death in an absolute sense, they just start the chain of events that ends in annihilation (this chain of events is called "death") unless interrupted by cryopreservation followed by the application of future technology. The only exception to that is if the accident itself causes physical disintegration or burning of the body. Even a disease process ends when the body ceases to function or is cryopreserved, so the body is partially rather than totally consumed. The same statement applies to diseases of the brain. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, music, Inventors' report, an autobio and various other projects: http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt http://www.autopsychoice.com - should you be able to chose autopsy? > > Message #15126 > From: "Jan Coetzee" <> > References: <> > Subject: Re: CryoNet #15118 - #15121 > Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 21:13:56 -0500 > > John (de Rivaz), > > I think in the far future it may be to the interest of cryonics that some > people believe in an after live. New incurable diseases will evolve. Where > will they store all the suspended patients? > > Jan (Basie) > Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15127