X-Message-Number: 23449
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:27:14 -0500
From: Thomas Donaldson <>
Subject: CryoNet #23446 - #23447

Hi everyone!

Hipkiss has an interesting idea. Some psychologists look at people
precisely in terms of how they plan for and think about events
at different times in their future. For instance, someone who 
thinks only very short-term is likely to commit more crimes than
someone who thinks longer term.

It would be interesting here to relate this idea to when and how
in their lives people decide to write their first Will. If Hipkiss
is correct, then (on average) people who write their Wills at
age 30, assuming that they aren't suffering from a fatal disease
by that age, may be better candidates for cryonics than those who
do so at higher ages. We might have to factor out wealth when
we do such an examination, simply because a wealthy 30 year old
looks more likely to think about what would happen to his money
if he died than someone with more average finances. So we look at
people with more or less equal levels of wealth. Not poor, not 
VERY rich.

               Best wishes and long long life to all,

                   Thomas Donaldson

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