X-Message-Number: 6830
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 11:01:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: Inaccuracies

On Sun, 1 Sep 1996, Dave Pizer wrote:

> I have been told that Steve Harris was Tim Leary's doctor and that Steve 
> was one of the main persons that influenced Tim to switch to CryoCare. 

I believe this is incorrect. Leary joined CryoCare swiftly and
impulsively, because an old friend of his was in the organization. This, I
think, is also the manner in which he originally joined Alcor. 

> The other is that some CryoCare members pissed off a dying man to where he 
> would rather give up any chance of life than continue to deal with them.

He continued dealing with me, and he continued talking to his friends at 
Alcor. He just refused to be frozen.

> The Tim Leary debate was about over until some CryoCare members posted 
> funny stories about the matter.  

CryoCare posted a report on the case. The indefatigable partnership of
Mondragon and Cosenza then went into action, doing what they do best,
right up to the present time, now augmented by your good self. Steve
Harris's post referred to a movie that has been made by an independent
film maker, simulating Leary's decapitation. As I recall, Steve was not
responding to anything anyone at Alcor had said about the Leary case. 

> I don't understand this.  Are you blaming Tim?

I believe he was responsible for his own decisions. At the time he
renounced cryonics, his primary care physician and an independent expert
in intensive care medicine both felt that he was probably competent to
decide what was best for him, though his short-term memory was impaired. 

> Charles, if Tim Leary was competent as I think you are implying, what 
> happened from the time he left Alcor that caused him to change his mind 
> about being suspended?

If you read my article on the subject, instead of chatting with people who
have no personal experience of the case and are mainly concerned with
portraying me in the worst possible light, this might help. 

--Charles Platt


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