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 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4101