X-Message-Number: 5741
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 11:35:54 -1000
From:  (Rick Friedlander)

I have been reading posts here for some time and I have the 
following comments:  first of all, why try to argue logically with
someone of religious persuasion.  Religion and belief in the
afterlife is a matter of faith.  For all we know they are right,
but then again maybe fortune tellers and gypsies are also right.
Right.   More importantly, I would like to see more posts from
Mike Darwin and Dr. Steve Harris.  This is the nitty-gritty of what
we are trying to accomplish.  I personally feel that this newsgroup
should also embrace longevity research since they are on a 
course that will embrace each other.  If there are a finite number
of genes in the human genome, then there are a finite number
of metabolic pathways, perhaps even fewer than supposed.
Mike Darwin's archive on Ischemic cerebral damage is highly
enlightening and shows how technology to prevent ischemic
damage while performing cryonic suspension has implications
for patients who are not on the verge of death (at least initially ), but
are suffering from MI or stroke.  In Stuart Kaufmann's "Origin
of Order"  he describes systems which are far from equilibrium
such as organisms.  In such systems which can evolve there
ensue a configuration of "frozen" areas and other areas that
are changeable.  The frozen areas limit the domain of potential
changes, but do not prohibit some interaction between others.
This might help to explain why in the course of evolution molecules
become parts of several metabolic pathways.  The other important
point is that such networks work when the number of states of
each connection is 2, thus implying a digital mechanism arrived
at by nature.  Thus a gene may be on or off, but because of
feedback mechanisms both positive and negative one gene
can control many.  The clear implication is of a mighty puzzle
that is solvable.  One of the things we can do on this newsgroup
is brainstorm and say "what if..." and proceed along productive
lines of inquiry.  I can see a time in the future when people are
alive that had surgery before invasive surgery became passe
and other people ask to see their scar because scars will become
such a rarity.
Stay cool. 
Rick Friedlander


Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5741