X-Message-Number: 1598
Date: 13 Jan 93 01:56:12 EST
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: CRYONICS Miscellaneous replies

To: Cryonet

Some brief responses: 

To Brian Wowk, Steve Bridge, and Steve Harris: Thanks for 
your excellent advice re neurosuspension. I agree, a brain 
seems less scary than a severed head--perhaps because "brain" 
sounds "medical" while a severed head, as Steve Harris points 
out, has very bad primal connotations. I suggest that Alcor 
literature might emphasize brains more than heads in future, 
when discussing neurosuspension. 

I agree, the paragraph that I wrote dealing with religion in 
the Omni article was weak. I apologize for this and have 
followed Brian's advice when dealing with this topic in the 
new Alcor fact-leaflet which is being sent out. 

The "Do not go gentle" quote is from Dylan Thomas, I believe. 

To Thomas Donaldson: I'm sorry if I gave you the idea that I 
think cryonics PR is easy. On the contrary, I think it's 
tough and tricky. Indeed, I have discussed various potential 
pitfalls in Cryonics magazine. And I have mentioned some of 
my own errors here on the net. 

--Charles Platt

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