From: john grigg (starman125@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 16 1999 - 15:00:07 MDT
Hello,
How do you folks think the Prometheus Project is doing presently? I have
just heard alot of talk recently about 21st Century Medicine? Do you think
the four million in pledges will come through for the Prometheus Project?
Is the research of the project proceeding along well?
I have have talked to Paul Wakfer via email and he seemed to have low
spirits about progress. He has given so much in both time and money to the
project and is tiring.
With 21st Century Medicine around is the Prometheus Project so necessary?
It seems like the two organizations would undercut each other. I realize
the Prometheus Project has the goal of reversible suspension technology
being developed but in terms of attracting talent, attention and money I
could see problems.
Will Dr. Fahey's prediction of fully reversible brain preservation a
realistic one? Is working toward the goal of fully reversible full-body
suspension just too unrealistic? I have heard many reports of how difficult
it would be to do in a complex mammal such as ourselves.
I see the Prometheus Project as having an appeal regular cryonic
organizations do not because the long-term research goal is toward fully
REVERSIBLE suspension. I found the arguments touching in his website when
he spoke or sparing for a better time the unborn, the handicapped, the
terminally sick and injured and the old. I think considering who it could
help the churches and the pentagon should get into the act. Achieving the
goal of the project will be of course a long-term and expensive one going
beyond what even 21st Century Medicine has attempted.
What can we do as individuals and groups to aid the Prometheus Project? I
realize alot has been done but serious fundraising must continue. I put to
Paul the idea which he liked of approaching through mail or the phone the
extreme wealthy to raise revenue though he said attempts earlier at it had
failed for his project. I know we have been down this road before but it is
worth the effort if it works out only once in the form of a large donation.
Could the Prometheus Project be neglected due to 21st Century Medicine? I
realize we need both. I look forward to your replies.
Sincerely,
John Grigg
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