X-Message-Number: 25258 From: Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 07:16:06 EST Subject: Re: Are you signed with a cryonics org, Richard? In a message dated 12/10/2004 5:00:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, writes: So not only do I want to be me, I want to be me for all time. Any enhancements I might make to myself would be done very cautiously, and I would do them only if they were consistent with how I am. [snip] Best Regards, Richard B. R. (Rudi Hoffman writing) I have been following some but not all the postings on qualia and identity with interest. It has been nice to read how individuals of great intellect and creative thought can disagree on matters of substance and not be disagreeable. Richard, you comments today do seem particularly well written, displaying great thought and "deep background" in how subprograms and evolution derived programs in my brain create my sense of consciousness as I write these words. And clarifying that the end goal of cryonics is to preserve this sense of self. So, forgive me if I missed if this was discussed earlier. But, may I ask if you are personally signed up with a cryonics organization as of this moment? I would be honored to bid on and earn your cryonics life insurance business. I am licensed in some 28 states, and 80% of the folks on the planet who signed up for cryonics last year did this owning life insurance provided by Rudi Hoffman Cryonics Insurance. The discussion on qualia and what comprises the experience of being human is relevant, perhaps even central, to the theme of this bulletin board. But so are practical questions like this one. Respectfully, Rudi Hoffman Daytona, FL, USA, Earth Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25258