X-Message-Number: 7061
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:19:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: Cryonics vs. Medicine

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Peter Merel wrote:

> It seems to me that the only thing that differentiates cryonics from a
> medical technique, in the popular mind, is the notion that it occurs
> "after death".

Peter, you seem to be forgetting that no cryonics patient has ever
recovered from the procedure! This alone differentiates it from (most)
medical techniques, and would presumably induce some anxiety in anyone
contemplating it seriously. 


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