X-Message-Number: 8781 Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:42:58 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Platt <> Subject: Steve Harris's post Steve Harris suggests that the #1 response among non-cryonicists to the idea of cryonics is fear that it might work. In my experience, the #1 response is total skepticism, as soon as the idea moves from the abstract ("interesting concept") to the personal ("You mean, would *I* do it?"). I don't know whether the skeptics would react in the manner that Steve describes if we were able to demolish their skepticism. But there is only one way to find out; and that is by making the procedure more plausible. The only way I can see of doing that is by demonstrating reversible cryopreservation. --Charles Patt Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8781