X-Message-Number: 9059 From: "Halperin, Jim" <> Subject: RE: CryoNet #9054 - #9057 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:33:29 -0600 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD2B06.A0F52360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "den Otter" <> writes: Subject: Miller Quarles & cryonics Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 11:57:11 +0100 I suppose most people on this list have already heard of Miller Quarles, a rich Texan oilman, founder of the Society for Curing Old Age Disease and Geron Corp. http://www.geron.com/ (of telomerase fame). He seeks immortality through genetic engineering, and has spent quite some money on research etc. He is also over 80 years old, and although he's allegedly in good health (unless, of course, he died recently) it seems obvious that he's not going to make it, i.e. the breakthrougs in anti-aging research are almost certainly too far off to be of any use too him. Since the man is an immortalist, one would expect that he has therefore made the necessary arrangements with a cryonics company. However, this doesn't seem to be the case. There is no mention of cryonics in any of the articles about M. Quarles, in which he *does* state that he desires biological immortality etc. Is he for some strange reason anti-cryonics, or simply unaware of the option? (hard to imagine, though). In the latter case it might be useful if someone (with some standing in the cryonics community) would notify Quarles. It goes without saying that a suspension contract would greatly benefit both Mr. Quarles as well as the cryonics community (at least *one* company, anyway ;) Apart from this, wouldn't it be a good idea for cryonics organizations to specifically target the high(er) income groups (intensively)? Surely there must be plenty of rich folks out there without an urgent death-wish...Or has this already been tried? For an article on Quarles, gentics & immortality: http://www.inc.co.za/online/sunday_life/june_30/life.html ===To den Otter: Miller Quarles is indeed alive and well, although he was hospitalized and nearly died last year from a staph infection. I have spoken with him recently (he wrote to me after reading an advance copy of The First Immortal). Although a subscriber to Alcor publications, he has not yet signed up for suspension. He seems to believe that aging reversal will come in time for him, an opinion from which I have thus far been unable to dissuade him. I expect,as a result of my book, to run into many people with odd views of death, society, religion, likely biotechnological progress, etc., and welcome all suggestions about how best to handle such situations, especially from cryonicists who have actually read The First Immortal. Best regards, Jim Halperin -- The Truth Machine, a novelistic journey into the future. Now in paperback. Explore the predictions or post your comments at <http://www.truthmachine.com>The First Immortal is now at book stores everywhere, and watch for the CBS/Hallmark mini-series in 1999. <http://www.firstimmortal.com> ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD2B06.A0F52360 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING BASE64 ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9059