X-Message-Number: 27186
From: "marta sandberg" <>
Subject: Wikipedia and cryonics
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:47:41 +0800

There is also high-quality entry for  cryonics' at 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics

Wikipedia has a lot of readers and contributors, and this is as good a 
first-contact point as we are likely to get.  Lots of helpful links too.

Marta


>Jordan Sparks wrote:
>
>I was emailed off list with an good reply.  I was pointed to the definition 
>of cryopreservation at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryopreservation.  So 
>cryonics has adopted the established scientific term from cryobiology.  And 
>it seems that this has happened as a result of cryonicists getting involved 
>with actual scientific research.  It also makes more sense because it does 
>not imply that it's reversible.
>
I'>ll use cryopreservation.  I was just curious about the change.

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