X-Message-Number: 12360 Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 23:30:15 -0700 From: Mike Perry <> Subject: Values not arbitrary I agree with Bob Ettinger (#12354) that values are not arbitrary. Our values are shaped by a selection process that brought us into being. In our hopefully post-mortal future, many things will change but I think some form of a selection process will still operate. In fact I expect it will favor individuals who value the very thing we value, their (our) survival. Much of the details, no doubt, we'll only learn as we get there. There is a more extended discussion of this in my book. But basically, the kind of mentality that isn't oriented toward survival won't survive, or won't survive as such. Mike Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12360