X-Message-Number: 31477 From: "Robert Newport" <> Subject: Message #31467 Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:39:20 -0700 This is a multipart message in MIME format. Hi everyone: I cannot recall the last time I met someone who had not heard of cryonics; My Salvadorian gardener had heard of cryonics. And knew very well what it was and meant. It wasn't for him. It wasn't in his world view. As it is not in anyone's world view who has not been exposed to advanced scientific thinking. Again, it is without precedence. It exists in fiction. It has never worked and 'death is still inevitable. This is a mind set that will not easily be changed. But..it will be in time. We have a chance with the youth, if we can think of a way to involve them without requiring their money (which they don't have). Perhaps we don't have enough money now to do this. Marketing monies and effort expended towards "publicizing cryonics, e.g. pitching to adults, has already proved to be wasted. We have a product that is expensive, unproven, and unbelievable. Thankfully we have an educated and adventurous (some may say foolhardy) few, ourselves, who continue to move it forward. We will continue to attract those few of similar bent. I would rather see us spend our very limited funds on research and (I wish I didn't have to say this) security. Dr. Bob Newport, President; CCNA Board, 6215 Del Valle Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90048, tele; 323-449-9434 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31477