X-Message-Number: 9054
From: "den Otter" <>
Subject: Miller Quarles & cryonics
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 11:57:11 +0100

Hi,

I suppose most people on this list have already heard of Miller Quarles,
a rich Texan oilman, founder of the Society for Curing Old Age Disease
and Geron Corp. http://www.geron.com/ (of telomerase fame). He seeks 
immortality through genetic engineering, and has spent quite some money 
on research etc. He is also over 80 years old, and although he's allegedly
in good health (unless, of course, he died recently) it seems obvious that
he's not going to make it, i.e. the breakthrougs in anti-aging research are
almost certainly too far off to be of any use too him. Since the man is an
immortalist, one would expect that he has therefore made the necessary
arrangements with a cryonics company. However, this doesn't seem to be the
case. There is no mention of cryonics in any of the articles about M. Quarles,
in which he *does* state that he desires biological immortality etc. Is he for
some strange reason anti-cryonics, or simply unaware of the option? (hard
to imagine, though). In the latter case it might be useful if someone (with
some standing in the cryonics community) would notify Quarles. It goes 
without saying that a suspension contract would greatly benefit both Mr.
Quarles as well as the cryonics community (at least *one* company, anyway ;)

Apart from this, wouldn't it be a good idea for cryonics organizations to
specifically 
target the high(er) income groups (intensively)? Surely there must be plenty of

rich folks out there without an urgent death-wish...Or has this already been 
tried?

For an article on Quarles, gentics & immortality: 
http://www.inc.co.za/online/sunday_life/june_30/life.html


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Dalibor den Otter

Co-founder Transcedo, Dutch Transhumanist
Society http://www.dse.nl/~transced/
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