X-Message-Number: 28227
From: "Jordan Sparks" <>
Subject: 2020 competition
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:23:32 -0700

Anthony,

When you condense the timeframe by close to 1000% it simply becomes s.f.  It
might have been one thing to say we'd have cryogenic organ banks and to
explore how that would affect society.  But a _revival_ by 2020.  Come on!
The damage done to the body is far beyond what we can fix, even if you throw
"stem cell therapy" into it.  And don't forget you will also have to fix
whatever killed them in the first place, which is another huge task.  Let me
put it a little differently.  The whole paradigm is wrong.  You're still
thinking from the modern "the body can repair itself" paradigm.  But that's
so wrong.  We will have to fix the body one atom at a time.  It will require
very mature nanotechnology.  To suggest to people that anything less will be
able to repair the damage simply demonstrates a lack of understanding of the
issues.  We can't be telling people that we think reversal is right around
the corner.  It only confirms what they intuitively know to be true: that
reversible cryonics will not happen within their lifetime, and that anyone
who suggests it will is a crackpot.  But if we use a realistic timeframe of
at least 100 years, then they might start to take us seriously.

Jordan Sparks

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