X-Message-Number: 32111
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:55:40 -0400
Subject: self interest in cryonics
From: Charles Platt <>

While I believe that almost all non-neurotic behavior is self
interested, I determined long ago that my main interest in cryonics
derives from my anger about other people dying. I have great
difficulty accepting the deaths of people whom I care about. The
destruction of human beings is an abomination; therefore, any gesture
against mortality feels worthwhile to me and lessons my feelings of
frustration or depression.

My own death worries me less. For example, on the occasions when I
have had general anesthesia, I have felt no anxiety related to it. I
have also engaged in high-risk activities (which would pretty much
eradicate my chance of useful cryopreservation) such as hang gliding,
fast driving in dangerous conditions, roofing a building, and so
forth.

I am extremely worried and unhappy about my aging process, but that is
a separate issue which I feel powerless to address significantly.

People's motives relating to cryonics may be more complex than they
seem. I didn't figure out mine for many years.

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