X-Message-Number: 3936 Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 17:13:07 -0500 (EST) From: Ben Best <> Subject: Speaking to University students I'd love to talk to some neuroscience students at USCD about cryonics, but 3,000 miles is a bit far to go. I have a special interest in neuroscience, and I have already given cryonics presentations that stress neuroscience issues. For 5 consecutive years I have booked a room at the University of Toronto and advertised heavily to attract some students who would listen to my talk on cryonics and life extension. Yes, students are poor and death is remote to them. And it's true that I've never gotten a cryonics sign-up out of these lectures. But I have succeeded in convincing a lot of very intelligent young people that cryonics can make scientific sense. One student, for example, has now finished his PhD in Neurophysiology and is in his second year of medical school. At our last cryonics dinner I gave him 3 copies of REACHING FOR TOMORROW because some of his fellow students are interested in cryonics. Another U of T student who was doing graduate work in neuroscience has now shifted his studies to chemistry so he can do better work on brain preservation and nanotechnology. A biochemistry student who wants to solve the "aging problem" is now also sympathetic to the cryonics approach. Frankly, I'm very interested in arousing scientific interest in solving the technical problems of cryonics, even if that doesn't translate into immediate signed-up cryonicists. Also, some of these students have given me some good ideas. On another note -- I announce to all that I am in the process of shifting my Internet activities to a new service provider. Please note my new Internet address. -- Ben Best () Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3936