X-Message-Number: 30409
From: "Chris Manning" <>
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Subject: Re: Beyond the reach of today's Cryonics Movement
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:28:33 +1100

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> Message #30401
> From: David Stodolsky <>
> Subject: The Damned: Beyond the reach of today's Cryonics Movement
> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 21:05:53 +0100
>
> Beyond the reach of today's Cryonics Movement
>
> Abstract
>
> There is a substantial group of people who can't be reached by the
> current methods of promoting cryonics. This reveals a defect in the
> strategies being used. The group in question comprises about a fifth
> of the population and the results may apply to a majority of
> Americans. Furthermore, it seems clear that a different marketing
> approach alone will not be adequate to reach this group. The only
> option is packaging cryonics with other benefits. Since the key to a
> solution is worldview revision, it is likely that only a collective
> solution will be feasible. That is, today's method of marketing
> cryonics to individuals will likely fail with members of this group.
>

I am familiar with such concepts as curve-fitting, confidence limits, etc. 
but I fail to understand how such an approach can actually increase the 
number of cryonics sign-ups. 

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