X-Message-Number: 19416 Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:52:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Badger <> Subject: Re: Ted Williams Two sad aspects to the AP articles on the dispute over the body of Ted Williams: 1. Cryonics is presented in the story as a means by which unscrupulous individuals can sell DNA for profit against the wishes of the deceased. 2. The estranged daughter is quoted as saying, "I told him (Dad's) against cryogenics. It is very immoral. I said I was against it and I would stand against it." I actually don't hear this objection very often, but it may be more common than I suspect. I'm also not sure whether the daughter's really referring to the intentions of her half-brother or to the basic idea of cryonics. Nevertheless, it doesn't help our cause to have the words "immoral" and "cryogenics" linked together in the press. ----------------------------------- Also thanks to Thomas for echoing my sentiments that 1 out of 30 people is a huge market. I often ask people I meet (usually after I get to know them fairly well) the following question: If, by some miracle, you were given the opportunity to live as long as you liked in a young and healthy body, but the catch was that you had to say in advance exactly how many more years you'd have ... how many extra years would you give yourself? I most frequently get a response that falls well under 50 years. This mind set is still mysterious to me since I can't recall a time in my life when I would've responded in a similar fashion, but it's fairly pervasive. Maybe it will change when real anti-aging breakthroughs are available and the question is no longer academic. Best regards to all, Scott Badger __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19416