X-Message-Number: 5824 From: Brian Wowk <> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 11:10:53 -0600 Subject: Convincing the unconvinced Saul Kent writes: "we are not likely to get very far in trying to convince unreceptive people on CryoNet (or off it) about the value of cryonics, and we should spend little of no time trying to do so." With respect to the current debate being crossposted to CryoNet, I think Saul is missing the point. The point of such debates is not (and has never been) to convince the unreceptive. It is to raise the cryonics consciousness of *the audience*. The current debate (only small parts of which are appearing on CryoNet) is taking place in sci.cryonics, sci.life-extension, and uk.legal (dont' know who started it there; John deRivaz?). These newsgroups have a readership numbering the tens of thousands, and every message I post includes pointers to more cryonics information on the net. Aside from exposing many new people to the arguments in favor of cryonics, these debates are also an opportunity to present diverse facts and arguments in support of cryonics that even many people within cryonics might not be aware of. Not but not least, for me personally, on-line cryonics debating is one of the few cryonics-related activities that I actually ENJOY. It helps make up for the all paperpushing and other aspects of my work in cryonics that I detest. ---Brian Wowk Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5824