X-Message-Number: 20158 Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:08:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Driven FromThePack <> Subject: Cryonics and profit Saby wrote: >> I understand that arguing if there is a god or not is fun >> that's nothing: the identity "discussions" have been ongoing virtually since cryonet started back in 1989! >> but does any one know which cryonics company makes a profit and what non-profit or not for profit or not making a profit or whatever means. >> Good question. AFAIK, no cryo organization has EVER made a meaningful profit--and none have ever been in the position to do so, even if profits were the objective of those cryo orgs. Cryonics as it is now and in the past, is not something that makes a profit. You can really understand cryonics as something of a religion--it taps into the same parts of the brain, and uses much the same mechanisms as a church or organized religion. That's a Good Thing--that can help cryonics survive. However, if cryonics ever takes off--and I suspect it will in a decade or 2--then some cryo org might make a profit. As for what "nonprofit" itself means, in the larger sense, that word has a legal and regulatory definition, which you can determine using google. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20158