X-Message-Number: 17124
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:43:28 +0100
From: Philip Rhoades <>
Subject: cryonics fills a void 

Rafi,

>Message #17112
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:23:15 -0400
>From: "Raphael T. Haftka" <>
>Subject: why smart people do not choose cryonics
>
>Smarter people than me reject cryonics
>
>I liked Mazanec's point that there are millions of intelligent and wealthy
>people who have heard about cryonics and rejected it. I have the following
>motto:
>
>On any controversial subject, I can find people who know more about that
>topic than I do, who are more intelligent than I am, and who hold the
>opposite opinion.
>
>This certainly applies to cryonics. Among the many researchers in the field
>off cryobiology who reject cryonics, there are for sure people who know
>more than I do about the technical aspects of cryonics, and who are more
>intelligent than I am. I would like to remind most of the readers of this
>list that they are in the same position.
>
>This does not mean that I am ready to change my mind about cryonics,
>because if I do, I will be able again to find more intelligent and more
>knowledgeable persons (such as some of you) who support cryonics.
>
>One of the reasons that I like cryonics is that it fills a void created by
>the fact that I do not believe in god. That is, I use cryonics to alleviate
>my fear of dying instead of a belief in an afterlife.

Right on brother . .

R&LL,

Phil.


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