X-Message-Number: 6303 Date: 02 Jun 96 11:07:11 EDT From: Saul Kent <> Subject: Leary And The Rift Keith Henson writes: "A year or so back, Tim considered the possibility that he could get both Alcor and Cryocare/BP to work on his suspension and to some extent heal the rift between the cryonics organizations. Quite the opposite has happened." Since there *was* what I believe to be a signficiant degree of cooperation between Alcor and CryoCare/BP in the attempt to get Leary frozen, I don't think the fact that he was not frozen--which is a personal tragedy for Leary and for those in the cryonics community who were his friends--should necessarily lead to the conclusion that, as a result, the rift between the organizations has gotten worse. In recent years, there has also been what I believe to be a significant degree of cooperation is sharing research results among people in several cryonics organizations. Since I believe that research should be the highest priority of all the cryonics organizations, I'd like to use this occasion to suggest that there be greater cooperation among the organizations in pursuing research goals. In light of the small size of the cryonics movement as a whole, the enormity of the task before us, the fact that the clock is ticking on all of us, and the HUGH potential benefits to be derived from successful cryonics research for all the cryonics organizations, I suggest that we seek to foster greater cooperation and more coordination in the future regarding our shared researach goals. I expect to be making more specific proposals regarding this issue in the future. ---Saul Kent Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6303