From: Joao Magalhaes (joao.magalhaes@fundp.ac.be)
Date: Fri Feb 07 2003 - 11:37:17 MST
Cryonics is not the same thing as immortality. Most people have never heard
about cryonics and so any publicity is good publicity. Immortality is an
old dream and it has for long been associated with quacks. If we aim to
make aging research a respectable goal, we don't need crazy guys talking
about it. BTW, I watched some guy yesterday on CNN talking about how to use
the mind to rejuvenate the body. I didn't see the whole story, but he
seemed like the kind of person I don't like to see talking about rejuvenation.
At 17:17 07-02-2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Joao Magalhaes <joao.magalhaes@fundp.ac.be> said:
>
> > Not sure he's the right spokesman for advocating immortality and aging
> > research.
> >
>
>
>By the way, on cryonet, over the last 10 years or so, there has a "raging"
>debate (or at least there was in the past; nowsdays the "debate" on cryonet
>is pretty much restricted to the angels dancing on pins stuff) on whether
>cryonics would best be served by trying to get more publicity -- any
>publicity, good or bad-- or whether trying to grow through research results.
>I think the publicity side has pretty much won.
Joao Magalhaes (joao.magalhaes@fundp.ac.be)
Website on Aging: http://www.senescence.info
Reason's Triumph: http://www.jpreason.com
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