X-Message-Number: 10456 Subject: Re: signups, research, sales, etc. Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:44:29 -0400 From: "Perry E. Metzger" <> > From: Charles Platt <> > > Why then am I a bit negative on the subject? Because if we had been > selling any other imaginable service--which could be demonstrated and > proven--the amount of publicity should have resulted in perhaps 1000 to > 3000 signups. Right now, the amount of money or time that has to be > expended, compared with the number of recruits, is disappointing--for > reasons already listed in my previous post. I suppose the reason I have some skepticism about the current approach (push research very hard, do no marketing) is that I am not sure I believe the research will be fruitful quickly enough and at a low enough price. The people who are paying for the research are, for the most part, cryonicists. The pool of funds available from cryonicists for research is small -- right now, were it not for a couple of wealthy cryonicists, research would be dead. I am not sure this pool has enough resources to actually make reversable long term suspended animation a reality, which is what I think would be needed to truly stifle skepticism. Given this, the only way to get enough money for research may require a larger pool of cryonicists, which may require doing far more about sales even though we cannot currently sell the full product. Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10456