X-Message-Number: 8522 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:25:14 -0700 From: Hara Ra <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #8471 References: <> > Message #8471 > From: Anders Sandberg <> > >>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. There is a rocket science term, "brenschluss" (I may have the spelling wrong) which is the point at which a rocket is traveling at the velocity of its exhaust, so what exits the nozzle is at zero velocity re the ground. Now that's a bit obscure. I suggest "crossover", for crossing over from mortality to immortality.... O---------------------------------O | Hara Ra <> | | Box 8334 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 | O---------------------------------O Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8522