X-Message-Number: 26161 From: Subject: Re: Cryonics Quackwatch -- another "warning label" Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 04:13:36 GMT Jon Despres (aka "The NanoAging Institute <>") wrote: > If you are thinking about CryoQuebec I just posted a message about my > new strategy. I am charging 55 000$CAD to people, I pay the 28 000$US > and the 1250$ to CI and the 5000$ to SA, the rest of the money I use > it to advertise furthermore CryoQuebec on TV, Journals, Web Sites. As President of the Cryonics Institute (CI) I hereby post public warning that CI does not have an agreement with Jon Despres for cryonics services to a "CryoQuebec" (aka JD). Nor is there any possibility of an an agreement in the future unless Jon shows a radical improvement in his judgement and responsibleness. $5,000 cannot pay for any SA Standby and Transport. There is a mandatory completion fee of $30,000 ($25,000 for locals in South Florida) which can be paid for through insurance. The minimum deployment (72-hours) for Standby is $7,500 ($4,500 for locals in South Florida). A deployment cannot be made if funding is not in place for the completion fee. As a personal statement (not speaking for CI) I warn everyone not to send any money to Jon for any of his so-called organizations (CryoPrize, NanoAging Institute, CryoQuebec,...) -- and do not lend credence to his activities by allowing use of your name on any of his "Boards". I do appreciate that Jon is sincere and enthusiastic. I even appreciate his initiative and his goals. But although his goals are noble, I believe he is poisoning the well with his projects, and may make future (credible) projects of a similar nature more difficult. This is especially the case if naive people of note agree to be figureheads on his Boards and if uninformed people send money to those organizations. It is not my intention to hurt Jon's feelings and I dearly wish I knew a means by which his enthusiasm could become constructive. But for now he reminds me of a child who has just learned to ride a tricycle and who is piloting a bomb-laden B52 over a major metropolitan area. -- Ben Best Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26161