X-Message-Number: 15758 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:29:11 -0700 From: "Raphael T. Haftka" <> Subject: Flames are damaging your chances of being revived I support Henry Hirsh's call for peace in the Cryonics movement by calling to your attention an insidious damage of personal attacks. Most people in the various companies have a personal stake in the goodness of the services they offer because they themselves plan to use these services. So they will be inclined to seek improvement whenever possible. However, the kind of bickering that we have seen here tends to create psychological barriers to each company adopting the best practices of the others. This does not mean that we should not exchange opinions on the merits of different alternative procedures. Just that we should not get into personal fights about it. Remember, when you foster animosity towards another person, you reduce the chance that you will be willing to learn in the future from that person if they come up with a useful improvement. And you may pay for this with your life. Raphael (Rafi) Haftka Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics and Engineering University of Florida until 5/10/01 at MS 1110 Sandia National Laboratory Tel: 505-844-9576 PO Box 5800 Fax: 505-845-7442 Albuquerque, NM 87185 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15758