True--but cryo has its own "fringe" image. Best to include more
mainstream-type causes as well. No reason you can't do both.
jm
On 29 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Ben Goertzel wrote:
>
>
> This makes sense.
>
> I think that the work the cryonics folks are doing with vitrification of
> organs for transplant purposes fits right in here.
>
> This is a wonderful example of a technology that is valuable for
> transhumanist and humanist purposes both.
>
> ben
>
> > One example: People with severely damaged or severed spinal cords.
> > You must however avoid or downplay the head-swapping-on-live-bodies
> > association. The research could also be applicable to the development
> > and control of artificial or partially artificial bodies--which could
> > in turn be a stopgap measure to keep the head going while the body is
> > cooled for future reunification. This is two minutes' thought; there
> > are doubtless many, many other possible good causes.
> >
> > jm
> >
> > Make sense?
> > John Marlow
> >
>
John Marlow
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