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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Religion, Liberty, Eternity, Finances
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 23:21:55 +0200

On Jul 2, 2005, at 7:18 AM, Mike Perry wrote:

> Another issue raised is that many cannot afford cryonics anyway. In 
> more
> developed countries this problem is not so acute

The proposed law suit is meant to have a worldwide influence 
eventually. In that case, financial considerations rule out a vast 
majority of people.

I suggested that a cryonics friendly church could both increase the 
population with a financial possibility and "level the playing field" 
relative to religious organizations. It could also make it possible to 
sign up large groups of persons with a single effort, potentially 
multiplying those covered by a factor of two or more. I haven't heard 
any objections yet.

Even many non-religious people prefer to leave their estate to their 
family as opposed to investing it the cryonics experiment. I have no 
doubt that financial considerations are the primary factor preventing 
even people in the the developed countries from signing up.

A small survey would allow us to determine the major factors preventing 
sign ups. If someone wants to organize a few hundred telephone 
interviews, I'll be happy to analyze the data.


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