X-Message-Number: 5888 From: John de Rivaz <> Newsgroups: uk.legal,sci.cryonics,sci.life-extension Subject: Re: bad law vs. cryonics Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 11:48:37 +0100 Message-ID: <> References: <4hf8d1$> <> In article: <> Nick Aleksander <> writes: > I think we in uk.legal are just a little with articles being cross- > posted to uk.legal which have no relevence to UK law. Can cryonics > posters check where they are cross-posting and why? The threads on cryonics started with legal issues, and various people quite properly *given they they were unaware of the technical issues* said that the law was not going to spend effort on dealing with the subject unless it could be shown to have technical merit, eg by suspending and reviving a gerbil. In answer to this possibly valid legal point, people then discussed the technical merits of cryonics, and tried to exaplin why the process still had merit even though the gerbil experiment could not yet be performed. Member of UK legal had the experience of hearing from world experts employed at recognised centres of excellence on subjects such as nanotechnology. Had they required the expert evidence of such people in support of one of their client's cases, the fees would have been high. Here they get the opinions free. Why are some of you complaining then? Even if some of you have some political, professional or financial-interest reason to hate cryonics, you are better able to argue against it if you know the true facts and the true opinions of its supporters. May I suggest that some of you complain because in your heart of hearts you *know* it makes sense, but you are not willing to let this come to your conscious minds because of the turmoil this would cause to your cherished beliefs and commitments and possible turmoil to your professional lives? With regards to the latter, a professional interest in something new sometimes leads to substantial carreer advancement, so don't knock it for that reason. There is a lot of evidence that interest in cryonics is growing, and therefore estate planning and related services will be needed. -- Sincerely, **************************************** * Publisher of Longevity Report * John de Rivaz * Fractal Report * * details on request * **************************************** In the information age, sharing can increase world wealth enormously, because giving information does not decrease your information. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR Fast loading, very few slow pictures Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5888