X-Message-Number: 33343 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:26:04 -0800 (PST) From: david pizer <> Subject: How to feel safer, a lot safer! Mr. Monroe said: "Now, if we KNEW beyond doubt that cryonics worked because we had demonstrated revivals, then going to cryo earlier would be a better idea, because you are safer inside an armored vault than walking the street." Mr. Monroe makes some good points and I agree with him with just a little adjustment. I feel safer if when I was declared legally dead I was properly prepared and put in a cryonics dewer rather then becoming cremation ashes in a flower pot. I feel safer if at legal death being put in a dewer rather then being in a box six feet under dirt. However, I feel safer walking the street than being in a dewer. Although that may change if we can make cryonics better soon. Even though Alcor has made great strides in the past, there are still a lot of hurdles in the future. That is why all Alcor members need to volunteer more to do work for Alcor, and to help Alcor raise more money. We need more research in medicine and the mechanics of preparing and storing our patients. We need to prepare for legal challenges as cryonics grows in popularity and therefore as some non-cryonicists begin to feel threatened by the cryonics prospect of immortality. Therefore, I think all cryonicists will feel safer if they know they are doing all that they can to support and advance cryonics and their cryonics service provider. David Pizer Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=33343