X-Message-Number: 9116 Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 07:50:59 -0800 From: Peter Merel <> Subject: Odds and Sods Charles Platt writes, >As Saul Kent has said often, it doesn't matter whether cryonics has a >bad chance or a good chance of working, as it is practiced today. Our >first priority should be to _increase_ that chance. Indeed - so to reiterate from the last time this subject cropped up, the answer to the question "how likely is it?" is "how much effort will you spend on it?" If you want cryonics to become feasible, safe, even reliable, then you need to get stuck in: + write about it like Charles, Jim, Bob & Tom + bankroll it like Saul, Paul & co. + research it like Mike, Greg, Brian, etc. + practice it like the stalwarts at CC, Alcor, ACS and CI Or if you can't do that, at least Make Preparations To Sign Up. It often appears on this list that folk, including yours truly, have some peculiar belief that if we just talk enough about it, organize and congregate, and if we really really want it, it'll just happen by magic. Well, sorry, the church is down the street a ways. When you wish upon a star your wish is lost and forgotten. If you're not part of the solution here, your complacency is the factor that makes cryonics doubtful. We don't have reversible cryonic suspension *now* because of your own, personal, complacency. Yeah, you, gentle reader. If you want to live forever, pull your finger out and do something about it. Peter Merel. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9116