X-Message-Number: 33143 From: "Chris Manning" <> Subject: Just a thought Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:10:50 +1100 Just a thought I had recently which I will share with other cryonicists for what it may be worth (maybe 2c Australian). There are many possible scenarios in which revival from cryopreservation will be technically possible but problematic for other reasons, e.g. revival may be outlawed due to overpopulation. I am surprised that these possibilities aren't being canvassed more in the cryonics community. Anyway, the thought I had is as follows: During the time when revival technology is being developed, there will of course be progress in other areas of human endeavour. This other progress could include both the discovery of earth-like planets of other stars and the development of faster space travel, making it easier to reach them. If revival does prove technically possible but problematic, it may prove feasible to transport cryopreserved bodies to such a planet, where the people would be revived and live their future lives. After all, there would be no need for life-support systems on the ship! The maintenance of the dewars during the voyage could probably be automated. We would probably need to know in advance the attitude of the cryopreserved people to this possibility. I hereby let it be known that I am agreeable in principle to my body being transported to another world as per the above scenario. More generally, I think readers ought to be asking themselves in what possible future circumstances they do or do not wish to be revived. Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=33143