X-Message-Number: 24828 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:16:42 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #24821 - #24825 For Ben Best: It sounds to me as if you really do want immortality, but think that striving for it directly is a very inefficient way to get it. And after all, if we work on prolonging our future lifespans by 100 years, and do so continuously, then for just how long will we succeed? Moreover, as you suggest, if we ever come to believe that ANY strategy or scientific development will give us immortality, then we'll stop working on the problem and late or soon along will come some event to prove us disastrously wrong. The current problems now identified with aging will certainly become solvable -- I hope soon but admit that is a hope, and even worse, knowing how unfriendly most are to the idea, it may be no more than a hope. However we presently have no idea at all of even the HEALTH problems of someone 200 years old. Entropy sits there watching us and looking for a gap it can open and bring us to an end. Best wishes and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24828