X-Message-Number: 8926 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 07:46:49 -0800 From: Peter Merel <> Subject: Honesty and Conspiracy Keith Lynch writes, >I don't think we should mislead anyone into thinking that >Timothy Leary (or Walt Disney) was cryopreserved, as Peter Merel ><> implies we should in cryomsg #8910. When >someone loses their reputation for total honesty, it takes longer to >restore it than it will to restore cryonics patients to perfect health. Quite so, and I confess my article was only semi-serious. Screenings of the Leary film might be a good place for handouts if an org is disposed to try such, but I was referring more to the popular willingness to accept conspiracy theories, especially when denied vociferously, than to any sort of large-scale fraud. By all means let's point them at the archives and tell them we don't believe such folk are frozen any place we know of ... then let them do what they will. Of course this sets aside the question of whether or not we really want vaults full of soon-to-be-disappointed conspiracy-believing Leary-fans. I can imagine the response on being revived: "Oh, it's 2100? Yeah, whatever, but now where's Tim?" Peter Merel. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8926