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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 22:55:53 EDT
Subject: SCI.CRYONICS Dolinoff/Merkle

Subj:	Dolinoff & Merkle
Date:	94-07-15 22:17:59 EDT
From:	Ettinger
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Anatole Dolinoff (President of the Cryonics 
Society of France), although for many years a champion of cryonics in the
French media, had for years been increasingly pessimistic about the chances
of reviving patients frozen by present methods--mostly because he just felt
the job was too formidable, too many atoms and molecules to move around.
Generalized arguments didn't move him, nor did the nanotech concept (to the
degree that he was acquainted with it).

Now, however, he is studying, and at the same time translating into French,
Ralph Merkle's two-part article from CRYONICS on molecular repair of the
brain.  He seems much impressed with this--although he estimates it may take
months to finish the job. So apparently Dr. Merkle's arguments and
calculations have made an impression where nothing else had.  We can probably
expect that at least some others will have a similar reaction.

Robert Ettinger

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