X-Message-Number: 6907 Subject: Re: CryoNet #6901 - #6906 Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 10:07:31 -0400 From: "Perry E. Metzger" <> > From: > > I have suggested that pledgers to the Prometheus Project (PP) might, right > now, donate a year's PP pledge, half to the Immortalist Society and half to > Alcor, tax exempt. (Donate, not pledge.) This would, in my opinion, help in > our effort to apply and extend the Visser method THIS YEAR, hence make a very > large step forward in cryonics research--possibly even produce superior > cryonic suspension for our very next patient (who might be someone you know). Why should anyone donate any money for this without knowing substantial details of the research conducted thus far? Wouldn't you folks be better off waiting until peer reviewed publication was completed? Without sufficient details to reproduce the experiment I have no way to know if any of this is novel or simply an extension of previous research, much of which will not scale to large tissue samples but which will work on small ones. If details cannot be disclosed right now, have the courtesy to wait until they can before requesting money. People are free to give money to whatever thing they like, but I'm personally not donating any until I get very, very solid information on the methods being used. This is not to say that I'm not enthusiastic about the prospect of Visser's research being a real breakthrough. I'm open-minded. However, I would like to see details first, not afterwards. Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6907