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From: "Jordan Sparks" <>
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Subject: Re: Some cryonicists just don't underestand. [david pizer]
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:05:44 -0800

HoooRahh, Mike!  I've been pushing for fixation as a lower quality last
resort for the destitute.  But Aschwin's idea is sort of an intermediate
between room temp fixation and neuro.  It has taken me months to warm up to
the idea, but I am steadily growing more supportive of it.  I am curious to
see what the electricity might cost.  The equipment seems to be available at
a few hundred dollars per patient.  Very doable.  The sticky point is that
neither Alcor nor CI will touch this option.  Their reasons are valid given
their business models and political environments.  It will require a third
cryonics company to see this idea to fruition.

As for David's concerns, I'm convinced for now that our current form of
government provides enough protection from tyranny of the majority.  And
even the majority is very sympathetic to supporting a person's last wishes.
In some families neuro can be a problem, but in others it simply isn't.

Jordan Sparks

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