X-Message-Number: 29513 Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 09:00:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Harold Lockworth <> Subject: Doomsayers Lack Knowledge --0-1187181358-1179417649=:90885 Mark Plus wrote:#29510: Jetpacks and Nausea [flavonoid] Could Mark Plus be the list's Machiavellian doomsayer? When checking his credibility, he seems to have noticeable negative remarks. Skepticism is not without merit although persistently focusing on what has not come about precludes the enjoyment of what advances have come about and which, in the long run, far exceeds futurists' 60s or 70s predictions. Where there are areas of the world lagging behind in social progress, obvious markers are indicated. These markers are recognized and organizations are built to tend to them. A basic look at the UN graph of how the world is changing points out that all the world is progressing. If anyone would like to view a link to this data, I will provide it. HL CryoNet <> wrote: I've just finished reading "Where's My Jetpack"? Its chapter on cryonics could have benefitted from professional review, but on the whole I recommend it. I happen to sympathize with the reviewer's description of "the dismay and disbelief felt by many who came of age in the '60s and '70s only to witness a drastic deceleration in the rate of social and cultural progress." Mark Plus 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. --0-1187181358-1179417649=:90885 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=29513