X-Message-Number: 10040 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:12:01 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #10011 - #10018 Hi everyone! As you've probably figured out, I've been away from Cryonet for a while, and I'm now catching up. To Mr. Skrecky: I don't think you've answered my question. Lots of college students come from families and backgrounds that could easily afford life insurance policies. Sure, someone from a poor background attending college on a scholarship would have trouble, but hardly everyone. So (in your opinion) why do even those students who have and can afford insurance not get interested in cryonics. To Saul Kent: OK, I apologize if I mistook your opinion about what was required for people to sign up. I will add, though, that if those who sign up simply want to see signs of scientific progress towards our goal, then that does not require reversible suspensions. It DOES require us to be working toward reversible suspensions, but that's not the same. As for the effect of working out how to reversibly suspend patients, I've already discussed that on Cryonet. So here is a question for you: rather than simply "a big increase in recruitment" can you be more specific as to just what level of increase we'll get? I will happily agree that reversible suspensions will increase recruitment, but doubt that the effect will greatly increase the exponent in our current rate of growth. (As I understand it, Alcor continues to grow; the Institute does not release statistics, nor does ACS. It would be useful to everyone to know growth rates of the different societies. And as for Alcor, which gives its membership numbers in every issue of CRYONICS, the growth continues). Best and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10040