X-Message-Number: 32657
Subject: Re: Melody's Blunder
From: David Stodolsky <>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:38:53 +0200
References: <>

On 23 Jun 2010, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:


> All this talk about people being "properly medically qualified" to perform 
cryonics procedures suggests a faith in the medical profession that I wonder 
whether is relevant.



This misses the point. Melody is saying that misrepresentation is damaging to 
cryonics. This includes misrepresentation to the public and misrepresentation of
peoples' qualifications by the size of their paychecks. 


Money is being paid for top quality suspensions by fully qualified people, but 
it is being wasted. This must be corrected, if the needed level of trust by the 
public is to be achieved. 


The more general problem is a failure to assess the relative importance of 
socio-political risk and cryobiological risk. Even if perfect suspensions are 
performed, suspendees will have to be kept safe for hundreds of years in what 
looks like a highly turbulent socio-political environment. This failure is 
remarkable, since the only confirmed 'deaths' of suspendees has been due to 
socio-political factors: One case of economic/organizational failure and 
continuing poor suspensions due to legal delays. The misrepresentation discussed
increases the socio-political risk.


dss


David Stodolsky
  Skype: davidstodolsky

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