X-Message-Number: 30796 From: David Stodolsky <> Subject: Re: Advertising Cryonics Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 12:33:48 +0200 References: <> --Apple-Mail-5--66489500 format=flowed; delsp=yes On 1 Jun 2008, at 02:40, hrhirsch wrote: > > > I think we should aim for a short statement, the shorter the better, > that says why cryonics has lifesaving potential and should be > regarded as a valid experimental procedure. While the Society for Cryo-biology denounces cryonics as a fraud, not much hope for this argument. > Aside from the expense, > the main difficulty with this approach will be persuading mainstream > journals like JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine to accept > the ad. Still, it seems worth trying. Assuming doctors would take this seriously, it would have no effect. The Badger data showed that advice from a Dr. would not significantly change peoples' attitudes toward cryonics. dss David Stodolsky Skype: davidstodolsky --Apple-Mail-5--66489500 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=30796