X-Message-Number: 11346 Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:14:32 +0100 From: (John de Rivaz) Subject: Re: Cryonet Does Serve a Useful Purpose In article: <> Charles Platt <> writes: > > Message #11337 > Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:03:29 -0500 (EST) > From: Charles Platt <> > Subject: Unsubscribing > > At this point I am unsubscribing from CryoNet since it serves no useful > purpose whatsoever. (del) > I consider it one of the greatest ironies, and the most telling > indictments of human attitudes toward mortality, that a group of people > who are supposedly more concerned with staying alive than 99.999 percent > of the population should spend their time in this way--in a forum that > is supposedly dedicated to cryonics. Many people take refuge in "The Physics of Immortality" and similar works as an alternative to religion, instead of considering cryonics. People in cryonics may even decide it is more economic to leave it and take refuge in these ideas. It is for this reason that I consider it appropriate to debate them here. Such debate shows that it would be foolish to leave cryonics in a vain hope that quantum mechanics may save them. Few people in cryonics have the education or the right kinds of minds or personalities to take part in the actual day to day work. Virtually everyone who has passed through the rigours of medical or biomedical training has had something done to their minds that prevents them considering cryonics. Or maybe the possibility of a mind encompassing cryonics and having the ability to mashall facts in the way required by these sciences is extremely rare. The linking of the ability to deal with hostile professionals with someone who accepts cryonics may also be rare. The exceptions to these rules make up the operating personnel of the cryonics movement. However the people who don't make up the operating personel of the cryonics movement want to discuss things with like minds. Cryonet is surely the place to do it. In addition, debates can be carried over into other appropriate lists and newsgroups with the possibility of recruiting people to cryonics. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR Longevity Report: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Sauna/3748/lr.htm Fractal Report: http://www.longevb.demon.co.uk/fr.htm PCS - a Singles listing sheet for people in Cornwall http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR/pcs.htm Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11346