X-Message-Number: 20312 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:03:04 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #20307 - #20310 Hi everybody! Some comments and answers: First, perhaps I should have explained it, but I have extreme doubts that cryonic suspension will EVER become useless or of no interest to anyone. Yes, we will at some time cure any condition, including our present worst one, aging. But again at any time in the future there will be conditions which we do not know how to treat or cure. Once we have the idea of suspension then we'll find uses for it ever after. These comments are for Scott Badger, who seems to feel it will someday become obsolete. I very much DO NOT AGREE. Second, I'll explain a bit more just what I'm saying. If someone is suspended to await a future cure for their criminal tendencies. If they try to escape by suspension, they will find the doctors waiting for them on their revival, ready to cure them as before. No one could escape treatment for their crimes by suspension. In practise, for the sake of freedom, such people might be given the option of permanent exile from the human race rather than curing them of their criminal tendencies. Just as societies now differ on just what is a serious crime (don't visit Islamic states!) there would be similar differences. Suspension does not necessarily change a society to become more lenient (I personally think it would, but that's a whole different question). Finally, for those who think I am only talking about the present technology of suspension, I am discussing here the use of any way to keep someone in storage indefinitely: chemical, physical, by means of computers, etc etc. Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20312