X-Message-Number: 15808 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: [off topic] Ludittes Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:55:56 -0000 > Message #15800 > References: <> > Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 12:58:43 +0000 > From: "Joseph Kehoe" <> > Subject: [off topic] Ludittes > Could you name that time in the past when there were more people suffering from sickness, famine and war than now? Maybe he was referring to "proportion of the global population that is suffering from ..." It would certainly make more sense, but even then it would seem likely that a larger portion of the population were suffering from these things than now. On the basis that everyone dies, then that proportion remains unity and the question is meaningless. [You can't avoid most of the process of dying with cryopreservation - it merely gives a chance of reversing it in the future.] 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? 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? Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15808