X-Message-Number: 9952
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 13:57:27 -0400
From: Saul Kent <>
Subject: Correction

        In Cryonet 9946, I said that Isaac Asimov argued
that "most people are worth saving."  Actually I meant to say
that Asimov argued that most people are *not* worth saving.
Asimov apparently had no objection to freezing luminaries
such as himself (if he had wanted to be frozen), but thought
it would be bad for society to have the riff-raff frozen.

        That's not an uncommon point of view.  Many
people have said that we should freeze famous scientists,
artists and other people who have contributed greatly to
society, but that it isn't "worth" freezing the common man
(or woman).

        Thus far, the fact that so few people have
opted for cryonics has made it an exceedingly
uncommon practice.  As a result, any of those frozen 
in these early years who are ultimately revived will be 
anything but common in the future.

---Saul Kent

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