X-Message-Number: 3025
Date: 27 Aug 94 05:41:44 EDT
From: Paul Wakfer <>
Subject: CRYONICS.SCI Merkle's Definition


     It appears that Ralph Merkle, chief apostle to the cryonics community
from the god Nanotechnology is such a true believer, that he can't even
state the definition of cryonics correctly.  His opening line in Cryomsg
#3024 is:

>Cryonic suspension is the technique of freezing the body of a
>legally-deceased person for storage until medical technology advances
>sufficiently to repair and revive them.

     Nowhere is their even a hint that however advanced the technology is,
the information may not be there to repair and revive.  To state this
definition to someone about to sign-up would be completely fraudulent and,
furthermore, it would violate the fundamental principle, and the legal
requirement, of informed consent.
     I challenge him to show proof that ANY of the informational content of
a person's memory and other mental capabilities is being captured and saved
with even the very best possible of current cryopreservation techniques.
     I'm simply not going to let him or anyone else get away with foisting
this assumption on us anymore.

-- Paul Wakfer --

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