X-Message-Number: 16116 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: Best wishes to the new organisation Kryos Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:43:04 +0100 Of course I join with everyone else in wishing all the best to the new organisation Kryos. However I have this concern: If a cryonics patient is reanimated by non-nano technology, as is suggested by the Kryos links posted so far, what would his expectation of life be then? Maybe he will have no money, the same health as say a 60 year old today and no prospect of re-employment or paying for any more advanced medical treatment once he has been rehabilitated. In terms of maximising lifespan, early reanimation may be a disaster. Previously the "no money no job" objection could be defeated by the comment that with nano or similar sourced indefinite lifespan someone could even work as what will be regarded as labourer-level for decades and use compound interest to save a little and eventually afford re-education and better employment. A positive for Kryos is that if a reanimation could be achieved in 20 to 30 years, it would be the death-knell for any legislation that hinders any cryopreservation. If everyone wanted to be cryopreserved, there would be no more autopsies. They would be seen in law, as well as reality, as murder. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, music, Inventors' report, an autobio and various other projects: http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt http://www.autopsychoice.com - http://www.cryonics-europe.org - http://www.porthtowan.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16116