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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:50:58 -0500 (EST)
Subject: again, religiosity and target groups

DSS wrote in part:
 

>My  proposal is not to change public attitudes, but to identify or create 
a  subculture with more >positive attitudes. I also assume a repackaging of  
cryonics to make it more attractive and less >conomically demanding.  


and:

>All surveys show that religiosity is inversely  related to positive views 
toward cryonics / life-extension.
 
First, one cannot rely on self reports of attitudes or  motivations. It is 
very clear that the primary obstacle to acceptance of  cryonics is just 

cultural inertia or cultural legacy, with  no quick and  effective antidotes on
the horizon. 
 
Second, religion and religiosity are complicated, and similar  threads 
appear in "religions" and in attitudes and organizations of many kinds.  For 
example, mutual help and networking are prominent in fraternal  organizations, 
political parties, and many other associations. 
 
Third, yet again, both relative and absolute numbers of  favorably inclined 
people are so small that it does not seem economically  possible to 

"target" any particular group such as computer people or  Libertarians. The only
approaches that have worked are (a) putting the focus on  your own family and 
friends, and (b) using the shotgun and extremely cheap media  outlets, 
primarily our web site. 
 
Finally, once more, don't let the possibility of something  better distract 
from something limited but still good, which we already have. We  need 
Indians, not chiefs. Do what you KNOW works, even if it only works a  little. 
Slowly walkee catchee monkey. 
 
Robert Ettinger



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