X-Message-Number: 25702
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:45:25 +0900 (JST)
From: "Matthew S. Malek" <>
Subject: Who Freezes the Freezers?

> As you may have guessed (and probably think yourselves) Kurzweil, if he
> really wants to live forever, would phone up Alcor or the Cryonics
> Institute and ask how to join immediately.

Greetings!

Although I have been intending to live forever via cryonics since I was
fifteen, I have not yet signed up to be frozen... largely because of
budgetary constraints (I was a grad student until 2003) and the lack of
international support (I lived in Japan half time from 1998 till 2003).

This year I will turn thirty and I intend to sign up to be frozen before
then.  The money is no longer an issue and the international travel is
less frequent than it used to be.

Which begs the question:  Who should I sign up with?  Alcor?  Cryonics
Institute?  Somebody else???

As a scientist, I would like to look at success rates to determine the
best organization to join.  Unfortunately, there are no success rates yet
-- no cryonics patients have been revived to date.

Therefore, I am asking this list for opinions, not so much on who to go
with, but on what criteria y'all would advise one to use in making this
decision.

Thank you very much for sharing your collective wisdom.

=>Long life,
=>Matthew



   Matthew S. Malek        |    "Judging by his outlandish attire, he's
       |     some sort of free-thinking anarchist!"
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

  "Anarchists are against chaos.  When you hear about anarchists you
   are led to believe that we are mad bombers. Every other group that
   lets off a bomb is immediately labelled 'anarchist' whether they be
   nationalists, socialists or even fascists.  The myth is created that
   we believe in violence for the sake of it.  The other myth is that
   anarchism is chaos.  It is claimed by politicians, bosses and their
   hacks in the media that if there was no government there would be
   chaos. But did you ever wonder about society today and come to the
   conclusion that perhaps we are already living in chaos?"

                                             --Marisa Sposaro

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