X-Message-Number: 18533
From: "loook-out" <>
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Subject: Re: CryoNet #18498 - #18503
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:03:25 -0500

hello all,

Scott Badger wrote:


> Prof. Ettinger is correct in reminding us that many of
> our memories are flawed.......

but they are my memories.  the memories which are building blocks for who i
am and who i want to be.  the who i want to be part is imprortant because it
plots where i want my cryonic path to take me.   cryonics providers must
adopt a polciy that requires a lawful background check prior to any provider
accepting a contract.  each individual must live and play by the rules of
humanity as they exist at the time of the contract.  if i have been
convicted of any offense by a court of law, i must refused the privellage of
future animation, regardless of how much money i have to change the past.

i will make it clear to the caretaker of my cryonic career, the expectations
that must be met prior to my re-animation.  i must retain my thoughts and
memories must be re-animated female, not male.  there will be other
requirements, but these as a minimun must be met.  if i cannot be animated
within the previously set conditons, then i am willing to wait until they
can be.   there will be no lack of humans to populate this planet  i see
cryonics as my path to the future, not a way to add another body to so many
that will already exist.

>  Further, suppose you were somehow to discover that
> your memories are false--that they were recently
> implanted. You would be upset, but how would it
> basically matter? Our actual histories and memories
> are just cosmic accidents anyway--why does it matter
> if they are true or false, so long as they are healthy
> enough to allow an ongoing healthy life?

an ongoing meaning less life that has no connection to my previous one is
not want how i see my cryonic career.

> This reminded me of the fascinating movie,  Dark
> City , where aliens were conducting a massive
> experiment on a city full of humans, manipulating and
> mixing memories between them. Every day, each person
> awoke with a new set of memories, a new personality, a
> new environmental setting.  And the aliens watched to
> see their reaction (I won t tell you anymore but I
> liked it).

have you seen "The Matrix".  Even Star Trek the new generation covered this
topic.  if this is how my life is to be lived after reanimation, please let
me sleep.


also....

i have had so many experiences where a smaller organization that is run by
someone who has been in the business for years assumes the responsibility of
the work themselves and completes the job as it was asked to be done.
every time i have done any business with one of the big box companies there
is a mistake.  they are machines.  focused to take your money and give you
what they want you to have.  i have never been left feeling stultified, and
usually check for my wallet when i leave.

if cryonics is going to be run with a big corporation attitude, you will
never see me there.  i want the smaller organization where the take charge
and ensure it is done right, people at the top will make sure the that my
future still awaits, and will never have to say " i am sorry but my people
made a mistake...........".

thanks
kent

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