X-Message-Number: 20238 From: "Mark Plus" <> Subject: Re: The non-inevitability of progress Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 08:10:14 -0700 In Message #20219, John de Rivaz writes: >Cryonics needs to keep people cryopreserved until such time as reanimation to good youthful health becomes possible. As long as they can be kept cryopreserved, then it doesn't really matter whether this is 60 or 600 years. However the longer the period, the greater the risk of cryonics failing not because the universe doesn't support such an idea on a physical basis, but human civilisation destroys it simply so that certain individuals can earn themselves salaries. Given the corruption of the legal system, where attorneys are rewarded for winning lawsuits for their clients based on contrived grievances, cryonics societies are entering an especially dangerous time. They are starting to accumulate enough financial assets to be worth suing, but they aren't financially strong enough yet to be able to fend off repeated assaults of this sort without endangering their patients. And, of course, they are going to have to pass the costs of such legal nuisances onto their members, which will affect cryotransport's affordability. Mark Plus It's not "religious" or "science fictional" if you can do it. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20238