X-Message-Number: 10004 Subject: Re: Why people don't join Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 19:18:46 -0500 From: Will Dye <> In CryoNet #9993, "William J. Unroch" <> writes: > Your analysis of why people don't sign up is absurd. [...] Believe me > once the technology evolves to the stage where it is PROVEN that people > can be brought back and are being brought back everyone will sign up > for cryonics in 5 minutes. [...] All the philosophical BS is BS. Show > proof it works and EVERYONE WILL GO FOR IT. [...] The ONLY thing you > should worry about is actually bringing someone back. As pointed out in previous CryoNet messages, a noticible percentage of the population is *already* under the impression that people and dogs have been completely frozen & sucessfully revived. Yet even among this group, few sign up. Many others believe that successful revival is indeed possible, but again, few sign up. When I've discussed cryonics with others, the workability of the concept seems to be a given. True, a vague belief that cryonics will work isn't nearly as persuasive as having your doctor tell you that your loved one "was not able to recover from the operation, so they've been transferred to the cryonics wing of the hospital, which is the normal procedure at this point". I can see why Saul and others feel that research is the best path to emphasize right now. We can all share the (quite reasonable) hope that the publicity surrounding a research breakthorough will "turn the tide" and make cryosuspension routine. But it seems that workability, at present, is not the *sole* reason for resistance to cryonics. --Will _________________________________________________________________________ William L. Dye \ "...it would seem that our Lord finds our \ desires not too strong, but too weak... We \ are far too easily pleased." --C. S. Lewis Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10004