I completely agree with Hal's comments on secular humanists. They agree on
many extropian values, but their lack of egoism will kill them!
Clarke knows about cryonics, and has even written a brief for Alcor back
when they were under attack by government agencies. He has no plans to sign
up, and has some objection based on his view of personal identity, i.e., he
thinks there is no point signing up because he will eventually become such
a different person. I find it hard to see this as anything other than a
rationalization for some fear he has.
Maybe one day a bunch of extropians will be able to corner him in a room
and probe at his philosophical views and perhaps persuade him to change
them to something less lethal.
Max
Max More, Ph.D.
more@extropy.org
http://www.primenet.com/~maxmore
President, Extropy Institute: exi-info@extropy.org, http://www.extropy.org
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