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- From: evans@ec.ecn.purdue.edu (Ethan Z Evans)
- Subject: A shock in the mail...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.202851.11141@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Keywords: magazine article
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:28:51 GMT
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- Hello again everyone.
-
- So yesterday I posted about a small blurb in time. Today, Omni comes
- in the mail and what is on the front cover but "Win Immortality! $100,000
- Cryonics Contest."
-
- Now to those of you closely connected to Alcor, perhaps the fact that
- they are cosponsoring a contest for a free suspension along with Omni is not
- surprising. But I have routinely read this news group for six months and
- haven't seen a word about this being planned or upcomming.
-
- In any case, the article accompanying the contest is essentially a
- well written version of the groups FAQ and puts forth cryonics in a fairly
- major publication in a better light than I ever expected to see this century.
- The article is by Charles Platt, who is aparently signed up for suspension and
- covers the standard questions of feasibility and morality.
-
- So, my question to the Alcor insiders on this group would be what
- Alcor sees itself as getting out of this. If they wanted positive publicity,
- I would say that this is a brilliant coup. The negative aspects of cryonics
- are minimized and I think the average Omni reader will go away with a
- positive opinion.
-
- Many thanks,
- Ethan Evans
- evans@ecn.purdue.edu
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