X-Message-Number: 32805 Subject: Re: "Nano-nonsense: 25 years of charlatanry" From: David Stodolsky <> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:32:23 +0200 References: <AANLkTi=s4_aue+> <> --Apple-Mail-379--2734138 There are several different levels to be considered. One is the progress of science. That is what the original article was addressing. Another is the politico-religious: will the progress arrive in time to provide my salvation. That is the argument we see in transhumanism, with concepts like the 'singularity'. Techno-rapture is almost as great a threat to cryonics as is the Christian rapture. dss David Stodolsky Skype: davidstodolsky --Apple-Mail-379--2734138 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=32805