X-Message-Number: 8471 From: Anders Sandberg <> Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: An analogy Date: 18 Aug 1997 18:49:00 +0200 Message-ID: <> References: <> <> Bob Whitaker <>: >John de Rivaz wrote: >> >>I would add to this that leaving it to the last minute is analagous to hoping >>that life extension technology may make the use of cryonics redundant, ie the >>subject lives until an age where life can be extended a bit, and then during >>this "bit" it can be extended further and so on. > > This is very important, and we need a term for it. What about the "Breakeven point" or "Life expectancy breakeven", in analogy to the fusion term for the point where energy added equals energy gained from fusion. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Anders Sandberg Towards Ascension! http://www.nada.kth.se/~nv91-asa/main.html GCS/M/S/O d++ -p+ c++++ !l u+ e++ m++ s+/+ n--- h+/* f+ g+ w++ t+ r+ !y Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8471