X-Message-Number: 26875
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 05:05:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tru Numberman2 <>
Subject: Counting is simple. 

   Totaling and comparing the number of people signed
up for cryonics in each of the organizations is,
contrary to Ben's contention, a simple matter.  The
central feature of a sign-up is that a person has
arranged verified funding for the fixed cost of the
primary cryonics operation and storage with a cryonics
organization. All other factors and costs involved
that Ben cites can be understood to revolve around
that central financial commitment. At Alcor 758 people
have made such an arrangment, and at CI, 211 have done
so. There appear to be a 103 that have such an
arrangement at ACS.  The blizzard of other relevent
features Ben raises are interesting and worth
considering but are minor when measuring the actual
intent of a person to take the cryonics gamble thus
making him or her a cryoneer. It's important to the
cryonics effort to count the number of people who have
expressed serious intent, ahead of time, to be
cryonically preserved so that both we and the world
understand the level of success or lack of success
we're having in convincing mankind to try to
scientifically avoid death. At this time, 1,077 people
are expressing this intent.  For updates on this
number, see Cryoneer Counter.

http://www.webspawner.com/users/cryoneer



		
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