X-Message-Number: 6751 From: (Thomas Donaldson) Subject: Re: David Cosenza's message Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 23:08:53 -0700 (PDT) To David Cosenza: Not all those who pledged to Prometheus did so because they hope that money will result. I pledged because Prometheus looked like it would support research into brain vitrification, I have followed work on vitrification for years, and thought for years that it would solve many of our problems. And I have even criticised both here and in the Prometheus-forum the notion that we have a chance of making lots of money from this effort. We do not. What we do have a chance of doing is markedly improving our prospects of surviving suspension. That alone is well worth the money spent on it. I do not claim that I am alone, either. I've just been more vocal than many. And because I know very well that a substantial number of people on Cryonet may not have much familiarity with GF's research on vitrification and its prospects, I have offered to send them an article by Greg Fahy on the latest state of his research, published in the open press. I did this because I think that the worth of Prometheus simply cannot be evaluated on general philosophical terms, nor on commercial terms either. If you want to evaluate it, you should have some familiarity with the technology and methods it proposes to develop. And naturally, if you have no such familiarity it's going to seem an odd, unmotivated song & dance going by in the distance. I assume that you do not simply wish to sit by and watch that song & dance but wish to understand what's going on. I am happy to send you, if you cannot get it for yourself, the article in question --- though ideally I'd like to you to find it for yourself. The article is: Greg Fahy, "Organ Cryopreservation", in RM Klatz (ed) ADVANCES IN ANTIAGING MEDICINE, VOL I, pp. 249-255. What I send (if you need it) will be a photocopy of the article from a copy of the book which I own. I will naturally expect reimbursement for my costs in photocopying and sending it to you. Long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6751