X-Message-Number: 20823
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:06:47 -0500
From: Stephen Ritger <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #20817
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Yvan,

If you believe that there has been "nothing really new" 
invented/discovered over the last 30-40 years, then you must have been 
living in a cave in Afghanistan or something.  The advances in medical 
science alone would fill a library!

Also, pointing out the accelerating pace of technology is not an act of 
"blind faith".  Quite the opposite...it is based upon sound scientific 
principles and documented historical facts.  Perhaps you are not as 
optimistic as some of us about the future of technology, but calling it 
"blind faith" is utterly disingenuous.

But...I guess if you're so sure that your "non-local force fields" and 
such will be the holy grail of revival of cryonics patients, then maybe 
we should just abandon all other avenues of endeavor...after all, 
they're just "blind faith."

Whatever the exact method used, the fact remains that once a patient is 
cryonically suspended, time is then on their side.  Whether it takes 30 
years or 300 years to develop the revival technology matters not one 
bit...the patient will eventually be revived (barring some catastrophe) 
and will subjectively experience only a brief moment of unconsciousness 
before reawakening to an indefinite lifespan in a world of plenty.

But it's all just "blind faith", right???

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