X-Message-Number: 6641 Newsgroups: sci.cryonics From: (hEpCaT) Subject: General Letter to Steve Farmer Message-ID: <> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 03:29:52 GMT With respect to Steve Farmer's accusations regarding the Prometheus Project: In the first place, nobody has made any money off of cryonics. In fact, many have taken substantial losses in pay for the purpose of benefiting the cryonics movement. My good friend Mike Perry, for instance, has a Ph.D and he chooses to work at Alcor for a pittance because he believes the possibility of saving his life and others is more important than money. And, though I have had acrimonious and public disagreements with Paul Wakfer, I respect the fact that he too has neary pauperized himself in an effort to advance cryonics. I would think that Mr. Farmer's socialistic tendencies would find these sorts of sacrifices admirable. The Prometheus Project seems like the next logical step to achieve an immense gain in this life saving technology (especially for those people who see their cryonic suspension coming in the next 10 years, and that could be any of us). I don't see how anyone could oppose raising money for scientific research. The fact that knowledge can sometimes be very expensive is simply a factor of the reality we live in, so there's not much use complaining about it. In spite of the fact that Mr. Farmer apparently shares my opinion of Saul Kent and the Life Extension Foundation, it does not make me uneasy that Saul is vocally supporting this project. As long as he's willing to give, and as long as he will have no control over the company (anymore than any other shareholder), then his money is as green as anybody elses. -dc -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Cosenza 1264-bit Key fingerprint = BF 6C AA 44 C6 CA 13 3F 4A EC 0A 90 AE F3 74 6D 4096-bit Key fingerprint = A4 79 15 79 D2 73 7D 3F 34 88 2E ED 93 6F 46 B1 "When encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption." Public Keys available upon request In the land of the dark, the Ship of the Sun is driven by the Grateful Dead. --Egyptian Book of the Dead Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6641