X-Message-Number: 4581
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 23:14:21 -0400
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <>
Subject: Re: "oldest future human"

Ken Stone <> writes:
> How about George Burns?

Even if he is talked into signing up, he would not set a record.
He was born in 1896.  Dr. Bedford was born in 1893.

Of course it's possible that Dr. Bedford's 1967 suspension wasn't
good enough, and he won't be coming back.

There are brains that have been chemically preserved from the mid
1800s.  It's not inconceivable that they are recoverable.  Someday,
you might meet someone with memories of the 1700s!

Unfortunately, the Egyptian mummies all had their brains discarded
as part of the mummification process.

Does anyone know what the condition of the brain of the 5000 year old
"iceman" who was discovered in the Alps is?

> Alcor has flirted with the idea of giving a freebie to someone famous
> in order to generate some publicity, and I can't think of anyone more
> appropriate.

Marvin Minsky perhaps?  Or Hal Clement?  Unfortunately it's too late for
Robert Heinlein (who was offered a free Alcor suspension, but turned it
down) and Richard Feynman.

mike <> writes:
> This would have interesting consequences for one religious group, the
> Jehovah's Witnesses, who, I understand, believe that *some* people
> born in 1914 or earlier will still be living at the time of the
> Second Coming of Christ.

Somewhere in the Bible, Jesus is quoted as saying it would occur in the
lifetime of those *then* living.  I guess that "proves" that some of the
Israelites were preserved sufficiently well when they were buried that
an advanced technology can cure them?


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