X-Message-Number: 9242 Subject: A true British gentleman Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 20:18:46 -0600 From: Will Dye <> Physicist Stephen Hawking will be giving a presentation at the White House as a part of a series of lectures about life in the next millenium. They invited e-mail questions in advance, so on a lark I went ahead and sent one in. I doubt if my question will be noticed among the many that will probably be submitted. But I thought you CryoNet folk might find it humorous, so I'll cc it here: | Professor Hawking, | | The next millenium promises great advances in | medicine. Do you know of anything in the realm | of physics that would prevent people who are | cryosuspended today from being revived in the | future? | | After all, Professor, much of your work involves | predictions that can't be completely confirmed | for thousands of years. I think it's only proper | that a British gentleman should make himself | available to pay off the wager if he loses. :-) | | William L. Dye | Closed or open universe? Gentlemen, place your bets... :-) --Will P.S. Since someone will probably ask me, the lecture is at 7:30 PM EST on March 6th, and will be carried on C-SPAN and possibly CNN, as well as broadcast over the Internet at: http://www.sun.com/newmedia/whitehouse/stephen_hawking.html I will not be able to listen to it, because of a scheduling conflict, and I can't tape it because I don't get cable TV anymore. If by chance he addresses my question, I would be interested in hearing what he had to say on the matter. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9242