X-Message-Number: 33344 References: <> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:16:30 -0800 Subject: Re: CryoNet #33341 From: doctor Robert <> --0016e65a0dfc5e09f2049ca84e12 > > > > #33341: Re: CryoNet #33340 [Gerald Monroe] > > > There are two glaring errors in Gerald's post to Jon; The first "...Safer > in an armored vault than walking the streets...: ignores the fact that the > maintenance of that vault and your future is totally dependent on the > employees of the vault company and they are totally dependent on a > technologically competent community which itself is dependent on the larger > society that is adept enough to become self sustaining without destroying > each other or the biosphere in the process, something we have not > accomplished yet. You, Jon, may very well be much safer on your own two > feet. Second: Immortality: It is going to be hard to be something which > we cannot successfully define or imagine. A "very very long life" is > conceivable, Immortality is a religious concept, not a rational one. Dr. > Robert --0016e65a0dfc5e09f2049ca84e12 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=33344