X-Message-Number: 8392 Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:41:19 -0400 From: Saul Kent <> Subject: An Irrelevant Issue From my point of view, the probability of the success of cryonics is an irrelevant issue. In 1964, when I decided to become involved in cryonics (before the word "cryonics" had been coined), there were no organizations offering cryonics services and no one had yet been frozen. Yet, I was ecstatic at discovering an idea that might help me survive. I still feel that way today. To me, the only issue that's relevant is whether cryonics *can* work. The evidence that cryonics *can* work is greater today than in 1964. The reason I see the issue of the probability of it working as irrelevant is that anyone's perception of this -- including the extreme optimists *and* the extreme pessimists -- has no effect whatever on my attitude or behavior. As far as I'm concerned, if the odds of cryonics working are good *or* bad, my only concern is to work as hard as I can to make the odds better. ---Saul Kent Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8392