X-Message-Number: 4889
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 09:15:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robin Helweg-Larsen <>
Subject: Re: Brain-only

Brian Wowk wrote
> *why* do we want people lining up at our door to have their
> brains frozen?  Cryonics for me is not a numbers game.  Decades
> from now I will not measure my success in cryonics by how many
> brains (in or out of bodies) I've stacked up and frozen.  

But Brian, you do measure success that way (you're proud of the work you 
do), and so it should be.  It may not be your *only* measure of success - 
obviously, advancing the technology, increasing the chances of survival 
for yourself and your family is also crucial - but there is a 
humanitarian aspect to what you do that should be recognized and valued.

You are actively combatting Death's absolute destruction of 3 humans per 
second.  The number of brains frozen is a measure of success.  For the 
first time in history, thanks to you and a handful of others, humans who 
would otherwise be dead/destroyed/erased are stabilized and have the 
ultimate prospect of practical immortality.

You are actually doing it.  You are to be applauded.  Numbers matter.

Always optimistically,

Robin HL 


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