"And WHY the hell is Perry getting 25000 to study fixation? He is a COMPUTER scientist. Is this another instance of bad judgment and cronyism on the part of alcor?"
As evidenced by his first article on the topic, Mike Perry is no fool about this subject.
http://www.alcor.org/cryonics/cryonics0703.pdf
Let's hope that Alcor management will honor his use of this grant as he sees fit.
And hey, perhaps we will see some updates for a change
