X-Message-Number: 12482
From: "George Smith" <>
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Subject: Still NOT optimistic?
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 10:49:57 -0700

In message #12478, Mike Drawin replied to my earlier question:

>Does the optimistic tone of the patent application quoted mean that you,
>personally and/or professionally, are now optimistic regarding cryonics or
>not?

His reply was an extensive quote but (correct me if I'm wrong) he is NOT
optimistic about cryonics.

So Mike Darwin is NOT optimistic about cryonics and this new patent is about
research on cryonics?

I'm sorry.  This doesn't make any sense to me.

If what you have developed is useful, shouldn't you be optimistic?

If it isn't useful, why are you posting here?

No joke.  You have me stumped.

Having read carefully your long quote in reply to my question, I can only
say that something (for now) is far better than nothing.

IF YOU ARE RIGHT and cryonics today is a waste, our dead patients are dead.

IF YOU ARE WRONG and you dissuade even ONE PERSON from using cryonics to
restore their life in the future, then you are VERY WRONG and each victim of
your pessimistic opinion remains dead.

In any case, it still makes no sense for you to be pessimistic about
cryonics working while being optimistic about your research to make it work.

Sounds like you need to make a decision again.

Good luck.

George Smith
http://www.cryonics.org

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