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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:05:11 EST
Subject: Why I signed up

Well, the reason I signed for cryopreservation was simple.   I was always 

interested in it, since I read The prospect of immortality when I was a 
teenager.

So I never was a convert, as it were. However, I didn't sign up until I 
suddenly had an odd realization one day- when I was about 43 years old.

I realized, that if it didn't work, I would never know.   So, from a 

solipsist point of view, it was guaranteed to work, because the only way I would
know 
anything was if there was a positive result and I was resuscitated, with my 
memories at least mostly intact.

So, perhaps, my reasoning is faith based.   But, it gave me the impetus to 
sign up.   And I was happy to do it and feel happy that I am signed up now.   

Did I substitute flawed reasoning, as in faith based religion, for cryonics?  
 Or, was it just I thought I might be running out of time to sign up?   Or, 
was it the realization that I would never be disappointed by the decision to 
sign up even if I wasn't ever resuscitated?

Has anyone else had a similar thought pattern?

Mike Donahue 




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