X-Message-Number: 9792 Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 21:22:41 -0700 (PDT) From: John K Clark <> Subject: Heckling -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To Thomas Donaldson Dr. Merkle gave good reasons for thinking that Nanotechnology would be able to extract enough information from a skillfully frozen brain to preserve memory and identity. If you had said that his reasoning was provocative but fell short of a proof I would not have had the slightest objection nor I am sure would Dr. Merkle himself. You went far beyond that however, you said his ideas were harmful to Cryonics besides being "meaningless" "fallacious" and most incredible of all "irrelevant". You then take Dr. Merkle to task for not giving even one reason for thinking that freezing would not result in the total destruction of memory and identity. This remark really mystifies me, the bulk of Dr. Merkle's rather long post dealt with exactly that issue and makes me wonder if you even read it. Intelligent criticism is extremely valuable, it's vital for the advancement not just of Cryonics but all of Science, the same can not be said of heckling however which is rude, not well thought out, and just plain worthless. John K Clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.i iQCzAgUBNWzUen03wfSpid95AQGP6wTwmb0gwHgX2d8wsSWkK32gdT+G44oc31FN WYm21L7yvHRlLRaKHDv3TOEM6OUCfUfvJP28hcrEFzoszB6EWKtk+WbABKYYJrYw 8locB9kgtpObh1UYve4/i3e6cZG6dXh70n9EpaTZyQhhTVuSlHNWgIflUrymm/k+ LYHnHt4AGqRZtfZaLdoz07Zg4PRZ6jPTKjzQsH06T2kYaGDTAY4=XdVs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9792