Allan, Thank you very much for hosting this party. The group was small but the discussion was excellent and covered a wide range of cryonics and life...
Folks Check the Wall Street Journal Jan.21 page A1 fot the article "A cold calculus leads cryonaunts to put assets on ice". Interesting read. Charles...
GRODZICKI CHARLES
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Jan 24, 2006 9:27 pm
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The online article is only available to subscribers, so I thought some members of the list would be interested in seeing the full text: A Cold Calculus Leads...
Ken Wolfe
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Jan 25, 2006 10:54 pm
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ABC's morning show did this story in follow-up: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1539249 Ken Wolfe <kenwolfe@...> wrote: The online article is only...
There's a whole page on todays National Post (Jan.28 page A6) on cryonics....
GRODZICKI CHARLES
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Jan 28, 2006 9:52 pm
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Hi All, For the coming meetup 3 ppl have cast their RSVP. ( including me) ... Thursday, February 23, 7:00 PM Le Commensal 655 Bay St. Toronto, ON 416-596-9364 ...
I went to the meetup held on Thursday 23, Feb - There were there were 8 people at the meetup: Doug, Boyko, Brenda( she from the film industry and said she was...
In large part to sharpen my skills with MySQL and PHP I have created an on-line Life Extension/Cryonics Survey intended for "Values Clarification". The survey ...
Currently nine people have completed my survey at: http://www.benbest.com/sandbox/Survey_4.php I already have lots of thoughts about revisions. I have created...
simple and cheap enough. How fast does heat diffuse through the skull? ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version:...
Gary Tripp
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Feb 27, 2006 2:24 am
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Ben- I found this survey stimulating. I think it mite serve as the basis for some interesting group discussion, as at a meeting, end-of-meeting, etc. Also to...
Ben- I forgot to mention: I have problems with big numbers, especially "limitless" life, immortality, infinity, etc. I guess to me they are mathematical...
Ben- This looks like a good idea. Before inflation it looks like it would be quite compact. It appears that if it were filled with water and ice, the water...
Heat diffuses thru the head amazingly slowly; the head is well insulated. Hugh Hixon has specific numbers from tests we conducted evaluating different cooling...
... Thanks for your comments, Russell. I have now considerably re-designed my survey based on all of the feedback I have gotten from you and from others, but I...
Ben- Your plans sound excellent, and I am looking forward to seeing your next edition with great anticipation. ... This is fascinating to me. I think perhaps...
... Is the data published somewhere on the Alcor website? ... http://www.wisdomking.com/product15223.html ... Yes, I described it for "cryonics emergency...
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:25:01 US/Eastern ... Interesting survey Ben. For the record, I consider myself an "amortalist" which means that one day I hope that ...
Ben - I'll check on the availability of the experimental results. ... The detriment is just that if circulation is being performed, then blood circulated thru...
... On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:25:01 US/Eastern ... I cannot believe the amount of confusion, discussion and private e-mails I have had over this topic of...
... Yes, Russell, but what is the alternative? If you don't try to cool the head and only give cardiopulmonary support the head will not cool at all....
Ben, I agree with you that the religious expectation of immortality is usually different from that of cryonicists.. Those believing in Heaven expect their...
Ben- I would not be surprised, if it were possible to measure such beliefs, that many do not distinguish between a 1000-year and an "infinite" healthy ...
The death of the sun would not be much of a problem for an advanced technological race if you subscribe to the belief that at some point in their future they...
Gary Tripp
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Mar 1, 2006 4:02 pm
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... My own feeling is that the word "immortality" should not even appear in any cryonics-related survey, it does nothing but promote further confusion....
Ken Wolfe
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Mar 1, 2006 4:53 pm
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... I have a similiar feeling, though I'm not entirely sure about it. Unless there is an explicit and majority desire among cryonicists that we should...
... [snip] ... I mostly agree with Ken's comments in the context of a life extension survey directed toward a mass audience. However, I am "beta testing" with...
... (snip) It had occurred to me that there might be two interpretations of this question: 1) No initial damage that couldn't be satisfactorily repaired 2) No...
My long-awaited (by me, at least) Life Extension Survey, "Release 2" is now available on my website. I hope that those who tried "Release 1" will also try...