X-Message-Number: 24211 Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:11:02 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #24198 - #24202 Hi everyone! A few short comments: For John de Rivaz: I and no doubt others have noticed the attribute of politicians (refusing to change their opinion even when it's clear they were wrong). Democracies, however, have a way of dealing with such politicians in ways which other forms of government don't --- but always within what the population understands. Even more of a reason to try to educate others about cryonics etc. For Doug Skrecky: when I wrote my book A GUIDE TO ANTIAGING DRUGS one of the features which showed up for several of these drugs was that they slightly increased the deathrate of YOUNGER animals, even though they ultimately caused a considerable increase in average lifespans (and if you look at the graphs, even maximum lifespan, but that's a separate issue which deserves a message to itself). So purple sweet potatoes may be doing just the same with fruitflies. As you know, I'm very skeptical that work with fruitflies will (without further experiments at least with much longer lived mammals) tell us how to increase our lifespans. Still, at least for fruitflies, that may suggest that purple sweet potatoes will definitely increase their lifespans. Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24211