X-Message-Number: 1452 Date: 15 Dec 92 23:52:29 EST From: David S Pizer <> Subject: CRYONICS Pizer's Frustration First let me thank Mr. Metzger for his 6 points of advice. I wish Kevin would send a copy to everyone when they first apply to to be on his "net." Next I respectfully disagree with Charles Platt. I think a dissent newsletter will be counterproductive. I admit I am no expert on this matter. However, I know of at least one long time Alcor prospect that recently signed up with another organization and I "feel" that we have lost several others because they are not comfortable with this squabbling that is going on. I just think that we are wasting a lot of time and creativity correctiong each other, when we should be working hard to build a cohesive organization that can raise the money to do the research that is needed to improve our suspension techniques. The fallacy is (in my humble opinion), that many cryonicists think that we are preserving enough brain matter in a good enough state that cryonics might work. However, many of the "experts" in cryonics feel that we are not. It is, perhaps, this false feeling that we already have workable cryonics that allows our members the luxury of wasting time fighting with one-another. Instead, we should be fighting hard to raise money and bring in new members (some with money) so that we might be able to save our lives. David Pizer Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1452