X-Message-Number: 32844 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:43:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Subject: Regarding R. Ettinger's Latest Messages References: <> Most wealthy and sufficiently intelligent investors should add neuronal tissue preservation to their portfolios. But families with low income or some low educational potential have no metrics to implicate payments for the actual price of cryonics. So far, the dumb idea of reincarnation will remain a smart idea for psychotherapy. Message #32842 by Robert Ettinger started with: Mark Gubrud, U. of Maryland, has a piece in The New Atlantis on why transhumanism won't work, including why uploading ... Message ended: ... but it does have practical implications, such as whether or not you should pay the price for cryonics. Message #32836 by Robert Ettinger, extractions: [T]oo many cryonicists see themselves just as customers rather than partners or family. [H]einlein believed in reincarnation, which is surely in the running for one of the dumbest ideas of all time. Heute erleben, was morgen Trend wird - das kann man auf der IFA in Berlin. Oder auf arcor.de: Wir stellen Ihnen die wichtigsten News, Trends und Gadgets der IFA vor. Naturlich mit dabei: das brandneue IPTV-Angebot von Vodafone! Alles rund um die Internationale Funkausstellung in Berlin finden Sie hier: http://www.arcor.de/rd/footer.ifa2010 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=32844