X-Message-Number: 4101
Date: 28 Mar 95 02:57:09 EST
From: "Kent, Saul" <>
Subject: Faith

	I agree with Ralph Merkle that, whether Dora Kent is revived or
not will depend upon "future scientists", but, again, I don't have faith
in these scientists, only in today's scientists. I don't think future
scientists will have the technology to revive my mother unless today's
scientists work towards that goal. I don't think those us who are alive
and functioning in the present should have any "faith" in future
scientists, only in ourselves. 
	The reason I focus so much on working towards suspended animation
is that I don't think cryonics will ever gain much credibility in the
scientific community unless such research is done and progress is made.
Without greater credibility in the scientific community, I don't think
the cryonics movement will grow very much, nor do I think current
patients, such as Dora Kent, will have much of a chance of revival.

Saul Kent

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