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From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Re: Chemopreservation
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 03:48:50 -0700

On Jul 16, 2005, at 2:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:
> it is
> my feeling that something should be done even if little interest is 
> shown;
> you might still save a few.
>
But the few who sign up for chemopreservation cannot
be properly counted in isolation:  those few might
have been talked into making the additional financial
commitment to cryonics given time, and might be lost
unnecessarily if it turns out that chemopreservation
is inadequate.  Knowing that Alcor provides
chemopreservation might also undermine confidence in
their cryonics procedures.  Also, preserving
brains alone (apparently, without even the heads
around them) is likely to bother more people (or
bother people more) than preserving whole heads
or whole bodies.  And the media are likely to
have a field day with "brain in a vat".  Or not; I'm
just thinking about some possible downsides.

Cheers,
Kennita

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