X-Message-Number: 25056 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:53:55 -0800 Subject: Clarification to Donald From: <> Dear Donald, Just to be clear, I think the odds of the soul surviving freezing are less than 0.01%, and the odds of the soul surviving current vitrification protocols are less than 5% (under optimum conditions). I'm hoping another 10 years, maybe 20, will increase these odds significantly. However I hestitate to say this, because I know many people on Cryonet either know people who were frozen/vitrified, or plan to be frozen themselves (due to lack of choice or funds for vitrification) Clearly, many recent Alcor/CI cases have zero chance. A delay of 6 hours would be catastrophic for brain integrity, but these recent delays are in some cases orders of magnitude greater. I can understand why they are frozen, but it is a symbolic gesture at best. Hopefully it can provide some income to the organizations. Best Regards, Richard B. R. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25056