X-Message-Number: 32787
Subject: Re: Chinese translation of "Prospect"
From: David Stodolsky <>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:21:48 +0200
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On 21 Aug 2010, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:

> 
> I wrote
> 
>> If the Chinese government ***sees it as*** 
>> being an opportunity to provide an alternative to religion
> 

> That is to say, if the Chinese government is motivated by a desire to provide 
an alternative to religion. It doesn't have to be correct in thinking that the 
two activities are in conflict. It doesn't even have to be correct in thinking 
that offering a cryonics option in China will stop people taking up religions 
that it has failed to suppress by violence. I suspect that it may prevent a few 
people at present who are undecided turning to religion, but whether it would be
worth the effort if that is the sole objective, is anyone's guess.


Let us assume that the book is a best seller in China and someone in the 
Leadership thinks it would be a good way to counteract religious trends. All 
scientific analysis and all experience indicates that the effort would flop. The
result would be that cryonics as a socially useful procedure would be 
discredited. 


Alternatively, assume that we collect some data and formulate a package that 
includes cryonics and does have a desired effect, from the standpoint of the 
Leadership. They could roll it out to a third of the World's population by 
decree, thus changing cryonics from a minor and expensive procedure to an 
accepted medical procedure benefiting from economies of scale. We aren't going 
to achieve this in the West anytime soon.


dss


> 

> Although I don't see cryonics and religion as being in opposition (as cryonics
and life extension can't offer invulnerability, only indefinite lifespan), many
people do.
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely, John de Rivaz:  http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including
> Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley
> Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy,  Nomad .. and
> more
> 
> Subject: Re: Chinese translation of "Prospect"
> From: David Stodolsky <>
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:09:45 +0200
> References: <>
> <del>
> Cryonics is not an alternative to religion. 
> <del>

David Stodolsky
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