X-Message-Number: 17358 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: Longevity Report 85 Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:28:38 +0100 I have just uploaded Longevity Report 85 which contains articles mainly gathered from mailing lists and newsgroups. http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt Inasmuch as there are ever themes to issues, this time it seems to be simulations and sci-fi. You may have missed some of the following the first time around on the Internet and find them of interest: NDE and Morevek Simulations by George Smith But, How Can You Know If Your Life is Real? by Scott Badger Book Review: The Mummy Congress by John Grigg 41st & 42nd Updates on Fly Longevity Experiments by Doug Skrecky Superstition is the Reason Why People Reject Cryonics by Keith Rene Dugue The Return of the Krell Machine by Steven B. Harris There has been quite a lot on varied mailing lists about world or universe simulations recently and the first two articles cover this topic. The final article occupies almost half the content and as a large public domain work that discusses the issues raised by the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet". There are numerous links to the Amazon pages for the various other science fiction novels from this article, and interested people are urged to look at them, even if they have no interest in buying the books concerned, as there are often some worthwhile reader comments. Also enthusiastic cryonicists or immortalists who have read these works may like to add their own Amazon.com review. If a book has not been reviewed on Amazon.com before, the first reviewer gets a chance to enter into a $50 draw. Try not to let the money change you way of life if you win :-) I would also like to draw attention to the Longevity Report mailing list for those who read this via another medium. You can join it from http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt/lr.htm . And finally I would like to remind people that there is now a search engine on the site which is likewise available from this main contents page. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://www.deRivaz.com 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 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17358