Ben Best needs to be deeply researched and investigated.
First off, what is is real name?
Is "Ben Best" one of those fake Extropian names like Max More and Mark Plus, or is that his birth name?
Ben Best claims to have been involved in EST [
www.culteducation.com] which is the Werner Erhard extremely damaging LGAT seminar system, which is now Landmark.
QUOTE Ben Best: "I lived in a co-operative house with about 25 people and I aggressively participated in the Human Potential Movement, particularly Cold Mountain Institute (the Esalen of Canada) and EST."
"Ben Best" claims he was/is a "pharmacist". [
www.cryonicsfactsheet.co.uk]
Is that true, or is it fiction?
To be a pharmacist, you have to be LICENSED.
Which jurisdiction was Ben Best supposedly licensed in as a pharmacist?
Where exactly did Ben Best supposedly work as a pharmacist?
On the self-created Wikipedia page, he says Best Best [
en.wikipedia.org] "He holds undergraduate degrees in pharmacy from the University of British Columbia"
On a recent previous version of Wikipedia he [
www.kosmix.com] says he has "He holds undergraduate degrees in pharmacy from the University of Louisiana at Monroe".
Which is it, or none?
Is someone lying about their alleged degrees?
Its time to contact those universities, where the degrees are claimed and to check them out.
Those alleged "degrees" should be immediately deleted from the Ben Best Wikipedia page, until they are PROVEN with actual references. [
en.wikipedia.org] Anyone can delete them from wikipedia, as there are no references.
Where is the proof of any of the claims he is making?
Here you have someone who is the President and CEO of the Cryonics Institute, making all of these claims?
Where is the proof of anything? This needs to be investigated.
A person can't act in that capacity, until all of their alleged references are proven.
Something is terribly wrong with this picture.
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[
www.bls.gov]
"Licensure. A license to practice pharmacy is required in all States and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To obtain a license, a prospective pharmacist generally must obtain a Pharm.D. degree from a college of pharmacy that has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. .... All jurisdictions also require a specified number of hours of experience in a practice setting before a license is awarded."