X-Message-Number: 19042
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 11:15:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Scott Badger <>
Subject: Re: Believers in Cryonics

Mike Donahue wrote

> What is it that these visionary 
> people chose to NOT to take that leap into
> possibility?  
[snip]
> I just don't 
> understand it, that at the end, they should choose
> to NOT expand their 
> horizon of possibility, after living lives full of
> wonder.

I did a survey a while back about attitudes toward
cryonics and one of the conclusions reached was that
interest in cryonics varied with age. People in their
30's, and 40's were not as interested as those in
their 20's or their 50's and 60's. I didn't get enough
responses from those in their 70's and 80's to
conclude anything but here's what I think.

As a group, people in their 70's or 80's with
significant health problems or even on their
deathbeds, are not likely to have an interest in
continuing their lives because for them life is pain.
If you can't convince someone in their 50's and 60's,
you're not likely to change their mind later, IMO.

Now why don't more big sci-fi fans (and writers) in
this 50's-60's age range flock to cryonics? That's a
hard question and the answer is murky and
multi-faceted. Finding out would require a
sophisticated market analysis by professionals.

I've previously recommended the idea of arranging for
some bright graduate students supervised by some
bright professors in marketing to tackle cryonics for
their semester project or even a masters/doctoral
thesis. What an interesting and challenging project
that would be for them. And how valuable their
research results might potentially be to us. All for
free. I need to practice what I preach though and try
harder to make those arrangements at the university
here.

Best regards, Mike and I'm sorry to hear about your
loss.

Scott

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