X-Message-Number: 22796 Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 10:15:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: impact of the most famous cryonicist The most famous cryonicist was Ted Williams. For years there has been hope that a truly famous person would throw his/her hat into the cryonics camp, raise the public awareness of cryonics, and accrue massive "benefits" to this small cottage industry. Earlier an attempt to lure Timothy Leary into the fold floundered, and it wasn't until Ted Williams was frozen that "success" was acheived. The fallout of this "success" has been an unmitigated diaster where all cryonics related companies have come under regulatory threat. Suspended Animation may be shut down by animal activists. CI has been temporarily shut down, and Alcor's president has fallen, and this company is now also under acute threat, with a serious attempt at a shut down expected from this corner. In retrospect I submit that the above or a similar sequence of negative events was inevitable after the first truly famous person was suspended. "HITS" "Elvis score" Saul Kent 3,470 0.004 Mike Darwin 5,130 0.006 Robert Ettinger 5,830 0.007 Thomas Donaldson 11,800 0.013 Ben Best 13,100 0.014 Timothy Leary 76,800 0.09 Ted Williams 125,000 0.14 Princess Diana 221,000 0.25 Elvis Presley 895,000 1 Marilyn Monroe 1,480,000 1.65 Tom Cruise 1,700,000 1.90 George Bush 1,750,000 1.96 Britney Spears 2,770,000 3.09 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22796