X-Message-Number: 9855 From: "Scott Badger" <> Subject: Boston Globe Article on Cryonics Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 08:27:39 -0500 Recent Boston Globe article: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe/globehtml/154/Immortality_and_the_chosen__f rozen_.htm I haven't seen any mention of this article yet on cryonet, but if you examine the web-site you'll see a reader-survey is offered (only 4 questions). Interestingly, despite the negative and skeptical reporting style of the author, almost *one-half* of those polled said that they *would* consider being cryonically preserved if the funds were available. I know this is far from being a valid survey, but that seems a surprisingly high figure to me given most of the discussions I have followed on this list. It suggests that *available funds* is one of the more critical objections to even considering cryonics. Predictably, there were far fewer wanting neuro-suspensions than *full-monty* suspensions. Again, however, almost half would trust their cryonics facility to work in their behalf to eventually revive them. BTW, I expressed my lack of enthusiasm for the author's reporting style via direct e-mail, and encourage others to as well. Best regards, Scott Badger Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9855