X-Message-Number: 28060
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:11:50 -0400
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Subject: On the Need for Discussion of Cryonics-related Problems

Eugen wrote:

 >Many things are relevant for cryonics. Energy prices, the state of world
economy, religion, politics. Do you propose to discuss all of them here?

I only discussed the Singularity threat, since Rudi Hoffman (whom we have 
not heard from on it since) brought it up.  Others think these other issues 
are important.  I tend to agree most are; however, I disagree with those 
who think they are a greater threat to the future of humanity than a 
Singularity AI, and that we should pay attention to them and be in 
psychological denial of that greater threat.

 >Cryonics has always been a gamble. No one can plausibly claim to
know the future.

Either you think that cryonics is not important enough to try to prevent 
external influences from defeating it, or "the future" is somehow governed 
by some mystic fate that cannot be defeated, or um, rather than me going on 
and on as I easily could in speculation about your personal view, how about 
telling us exactly why you think we should not try to make a future more 
conducive to the survival of cryopreserved individuals?

 >How about discussing bootstrapping a transport technician team in Germany.
Or would that be off-topic for CryoNet?

If that subject is of substantial concern to you, then please do discuss 
it.  Don't expect me to bring it up, as most things in Germany are of 
little concern to me.  If you do bring it up, however, I will not tell you 
that you should not do so.  I might even make some reply-type post saying 
something useful and positive about it, if any such thing occurs to 
me.  Now would you kindly stop telling the rest of us what *we* cannot 
discuss here?

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