Re: Why Cryonics?

From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 01:51:56 MST


Personally, I have a non-confrontational temperament and if someone wants to
disagree with my opinions, I'm delighted to let them. But for me cryonics
comes, basically, down to this:

Cyronics may be a (relatively) expensive and risky long-shot. But death is
a (relatively) cheap sure thing. I don't like the odds, but I'll damn sure
take them.

-Zero

>From: Chris Hibbert <hibbert@netcom.com>

>I decided to try to write down some of my reasons for signing up for
>cryonics after I was caught without a ready explanation a little while
>back. I had nonchalantly mentioned being signed up to someone whom I
>had thought would find it ordinary. She was surprised, and I was
>unprepared to defend my choice.
>
>It seemed to me that I handled the conversation poorly; I think I gave
>her the impression at first that I thought it was an easy decision,
>because I thought it was obvious that cryonics will work. It isn't
>obvious, and it's not a simple decision. But I think the chances are
>good enough that if you want to live a long life even in an uncertain
>future, it's a reasonable wager.
>
>Please take a look at my explanation at
>http://discuss.foresight.org/~hibbert/WhyCryonics.html and let me
>know what you think.
>
>Chris

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