X-Message-Number: 24849 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:01:29 -0700 From: Mike Perry <> Subject: Reply to Doug Skrecky Doug Skrecky <> writes in part (#24829): >Subject: everyone on cryonet will be dead by age 110 > > > Message #24824 From: Mike Perry <> > > > > To me it seems meaningful and > > exciting to be hoping for immortality and acting accordingly, rather than > > accepting a substitute goal such as a very long life > > >So a million+ year lifespan is more exciting than Ben's yummy 200+ year >lifespan. I didn't say that. I'm not thrilled with *any* finite-only lifespan, that is to say, a finite period of life followed by eternal oblivion. (As it happens, I actually think eternal oblivion, rather than eternal life, is what is most likely impossible--and I realize this clashes with what many others think, but so be it. Some of my views on this subject will be found in my "Resurrection" essay at http://www.universalimmortalism.org/community/articles/ui/resurrection.html, where I also give a justification for pursuing cryonics even if there is a prospect of eventual return to consciousness by other means. Anyway, to get back to Doug Skrecky's comments:) >Hmmmm. I think this ignores one unfortunate fact. As things >stand now, nobody on cryonet will reach even 110 years of age. So why do you think we are cryonicists? Mike Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24849