X-Message-Number: 31406
From: "Kennita (Go Cryo!)" <>
Subject: Re: Simon Cowell incident is now reported as a joke 
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:47:57 -0800
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John de Rivaz wrote:
>
> The Simon Cowell incident has now been reported to have been "a joke".


Oh well.  C'est la vie.  It's still good for us;
any time cryonics is in the mainstream news with
a discussion forum is a teaching opportunity.

Hey, just 'cause I won't make it to the Frozen
Dead Guy Days doesn't mean I want to stop
spreading the word!

My latest post on


<http://new.uk.music.yahoo.com/blogs/snapcrackleandpop/1698/cowell-to-be-frozen/?page=54#comments
 > :

"@Caine7sfg: Every cryonicist takes the chance that the way they die  
may make freezing impossible -- nobody claims it's foolproof, but you  
can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.

@Everyone: Even if it's not a joke, take comfort in knowing that  
everyone will have forgotten him, and he'll be a very small fish in a  
very big pond in 100 years; maybe it will teach him some much-needed  
humility.

@thembasandlana: your soul never dies, so I'm sure it'll be around  
when your body needs it.

@Nick: People don't plop down 100 grand for a cryonics contract; just  
designate a cryonics company (usu. Alcor or Cryonics Institute) to be  
the beneficiary of 100 grand worth of life insurance -- which actually  
*is* cheap.

@felix and p.white11: you're behind the times. These days cells aren't  
frozen, they're supercooled without freezing ("vitrified"), which  
doesn't destroy them. Try Googling 'vitrify rabbit kidney'."


Live long and prosper,
Kennita

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