X-Message-Number: 372 From att!Venus.YCC.Yale.Edu!LEVY%GARY Tue Jul 2 13:18 EST 1991 Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1991 13:18 EST From: LEVY% Subject: reply to Jim Stevenson To: Oh, yes, I DEFINITELY agree that you must sever LEGAL ties to anyone who opposes your wish to be suspended. That's why the executor of my will is a fellow cryonicist, who's also one of my best friends. Yes, also, you're right about heart transplantation. Nevertheless, science (unlike law) does not proceed on precedent: simply because people disbelieved X, which later came to pass, does not mean that disbelieving Y will cause Y to occur. That's a cause-and-effect fallacy, no matter how you look at it. Furthermore, the comparison between a heart transplant and reviving a neuro patient strikes me as pretty silly, even if I understand what you're getting at. The requisite technologies are vastly different. Cryonics will require developments that will make a heart transplant look like changing the spark plugs in you car. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=372