X-Message-Number: 12860
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:19:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #12846 - #12857

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, George Smith ranted about 21st Century Medicine:

> Yes. And they want YOUR MONEY for research.
> 
> Not some of it.  ALL of it.
> 
> They don't want you to spend the precious few dollars you might "waste" on
> YOUR cryonic suspension when you could be giving to research, THEIR
> research.

I believe the last time 21st Century Medicine offered stock was more than 
six years ago. Since then, so far as I know, no one at 21st has asked for 
money. Indeed, it would be difficult to find a way to give it to them, 
since they are a for-profit company. The only other appeals for money for 
research have come from Paul Wakfer (for a very specific effort that was 
pursued separately from 21st Century Medicine) and from Robert Ettinger.

No one in cryonics, at any time, has suggested or implied that any person 
should sacrifice cryonics funding in order to support research. Nor has 
this occurred inadvertantly. Nor has anyone engaged in research proposed 
that people signed up for cryopreservation should divert their funding 
elsewhere, so far as I am aware. I'm afraid Mr. Smith is uninformed and 
deluded.

But what else is new?

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