X-Message-Number: 19099 From: "Brett Bellmore" <> Subject: Re: SciAm article Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 21:35:50 -0400 Re: SciAm article I've got to agree with Jeffrey that the concluding remarks were actually quite reasonable; My biggest complaint would be that they don't give any consideration to the prospect that some of the "curve squaring" treatments might help you survive until real life extension is available, even if they don't extend maximum life span. Regarding their dismissal of immortality... It's reasonable, given what we currently believe about physics. "Immortality" means that you live forever, that nothing can kill you. And yet, we live in a statistical universe, and arbitrarilly violent events can occur, with comparably low probability. Any finite probability, however low, must eventually integrate to unity with the passage of finite time. Living for an infinite period of time IS impossible. Me, I'd be satisfied with eternal youth, health, and powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. ;) And THAT is most definately possible, it's just a matter of developing the right technology. Brett Bellmore Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19099