X-Message-Number: 173 From ho5cad!att!PROOF.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU!Timothy.Freeman Thu May 24 21:38:58 1990 Return-Path: <ho5cad!att!PROOF.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU!Timothy.Freeman> Received: from ho5cad.UUCP by whscad1.att.uucp (4.1/SMI-3.2) id AA27901; Thu, 24 May 90 21:38:57 EDT Received: by att.att.com; Thu May 24 21:30:06 1990 Received: from proof.ergo.cs.cmu.edu by PROOF.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27429; 24 May 90 21:30:12 EDT To: Reply-To: Tim Freeman <> Subject: CRYONICS; electronic fact forum? Date: Thu, 24 May 90 21:30:05 EDT Message-Id: <> From: Has anyone tried to arrange an electronic fact forum for the feasability of cryonics? We'd need some moderators, people to represent both sides, all with electronic mail accounts and a willingness to spend some time on the issue. If anyone has done fact forums electronically before, I would also want to try to get a debugged set of rules. I could probably find some CMU grad students to act as neutral moderators, and we might be able to find the cryobiologists by posting to netnews or some mailing lists, and the cryonicists are probably right here ready to go. This seems doable! I recall that some cryonics organization (I forget which) tried to do a non-electronic fact forum once, but the cryobiologists didn't want to show. Maybe it would work better with the network eliminating travel cost and reducing fears of intimidation. Questions for the reader: Is this worth doing? What would happen if I tried? Where can I get a debugged set of rules? (Reference: Engines of Creation briefly discusses fact forums, and it has more specific references.) Thanks, Tim Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=173