X-Message-Number: 8763
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 14:00:24 -0500
From: Saul Kent <>
Subject: Cryonet:  Chances Of Survival

        Jim Yount says that: 
         "To me the value of research is in REALLY improving MY chances."

        I agree with this.  However, other factors are also important in
improving
our chances.  They include greater credibility for cryonics, greater
acceptance of cryonics in society,  the passage of laws allowing human
cryopreservation before legal death, and a greater number of people
committed to the idea.  

        I assume that research will lead to perfected suspended animation, =

which will lead to all of the above, which, in turn, will improve our
chances of 
survival, not only by having a perfected method to preserve us, but also by

improving our chances of being preserved by that method, and improving 
our chances of  revival after we're preserved.  I further believe it will
lead to
higher funding for anti-aging research, which will improve our chances
of survival without the need for cryonics. 

        My assumption that research will lead to perfected suspended
animation is based upon the fact that I have already funded research which
has
moved us closer to suspended animation, and my intention to continue
funding
that research until it *is* pefected.  There are a good number of people in
the 
cryonics community who can accelerate the timetable for perfected suspended
animation by investing their money in research as I have done.  I urge them
to 
do so.

        My assumption that perfected suspended animation will lead to
huge growth in cryonics is based upon the knowledge I gained in helping to
recruit members in the past, and my intention to commit major funding
and time to selling cryonics to the world after suspended animation is 
perfected.

---Saul Kent

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