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From: 
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:14:10 EST
Subject: Interesting idea from Dr. Hughes re: ice crystals, laws re: cryonics

In a message dated 2/12/2004 5:01:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
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Message #23419
From: 
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:36:04 EST
Subject: Crystal reduction

An idea occurred to me that may have merit in reduction of crystal formation. 
Movement (stirring) a supersaturated solution significantly reduces crystal 
size.  Could sound waves by used to prevent ice crystallization?  Too much 
power in the waves would cause heating (microwaves).  A lower frequency could 
be 
initiated as the core tempurature approaches freezing, and its intensity 
increased until freezing is completed.  It would be easy to test.
James R Hughes, MD
(End of quote, Rudi Hoffman now writing.)

What an interesting idea, James! 

Like many possibilities in cryonics and science, it requires research, time, 
money, someone to believe in and "champion" the cause, making iterations and 
refinements and repeated experiments to make it work.

Unfortunately, this level of experimentation, research, and funding are 

exactly what we DON'T have going, excepting 21st Century Medicine and perhaps 
Yuri 
Pichugan.  

Like many problems in life, there are probably many ways a technological 

"fix" can be obtained, if we have more dedicated and smart people working on the
problem.  

An increased economy of scale will be obtained as we get more sign-ups, but 
the reality is that they are still a trickle, in the larger scheme of things.  
But the cryonics community is very gradually bootstrapping itself toward 

legitimacy, mainstream acceptance, and reversible cryopreservation.  (At a 
minimum 
this statement is a "useful myth," much better than handwringing about what 
sometimes seems like zero progress.) 

As we all know, the issues on the plate as of late have not been 
technological but regulatory.  

Tanya Jones and Joe Waynick (did I spell the new ALCOR CEO's name right?) are 
evidently working with the State of Arizona Legislature to proactively craft 
cryonics friendly legislation.  And prevent cryonics disastrous legislation.  

Having dealt with the State of Florida and regulators, I can personally 

attest that dealing with bureaucratic Nazis is 100 times WORSE than most people 
can 
imagine.  The blunt steamroller of state power does not have the fine pointed 
multiple response options we come to expect from the free market.  

In short, we all know that bad cryonics regulation or laws could kill our 
dream of killing death.  Having had and still being in the process of a 

bureaucratic nightmare with State Security regulators, I can better imagine the

frustration felt by people under the jack booted heels of state power.  By the 
way, 
this would include all of us, despite our libertarian rantings and banter.  

What can we do to help?  We all have different ways.  My particular way is to 
continue to work to add to the cryonics signups, and donate some money to 
ALCOR, along with technology and progress friendly causes.  

About 80% of the people who signed up for cryonic suspension last year in the 
WORLD funded their suspension through life insurance with Hoffman Suspension 
Funding, and I am very grateful for this.  Thank you all from the bottom of my 
heart.  :) 

Some of you may have influence with lawmakers, or be able to help craft the 
legislative and regulatory verbiage that allows ALCOR, CI, and SAI to continue 
their research and work.  I know this may have already been done in part.  But 
we can be sure this kind of work will NEVER be done.  

We know that regulation must and will come.  I have been told privately by 

persons in a position to know that if cryonics facilities were forced to adhere
to all regulations of the medical profession it could bankrupt every cryonics 
organization now existing.  I don't know if this is true, but it certainly 
might be.  

Especially right now, I hate regulators with a passion most of you would not 
believe.  But, would you agree if there is a vacuum of NO regulation, that 

some idiot or idiots will surely impose some? And we probably won't like them a
bit.  So we must have cryonics activists helping to craft the precise verbiage 
that will allow growth, fiscal responsibility, and research.  

My appreciation and respect goes to Tanya Jones, Joe Waynick, and others in 
all organizations who are proactively developing the regulatory infrastructure 
that will enable the vital activity of saving individual lives to continue.

For Centuries,

Rudi Hoffman CFP CLU


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