X-Message-Number: 16620 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:16:25 -0500 From: "www.IGGY.net - KC Homes" <> Subject: How could they have all been so STUPID :o) References: <> George Smith wrote: "Future generations will look back at our present day pro-death perspectives and shake their heads in disbelief. How could they have all been so STUPID?" will probably be the final pronouncement of judgement by the future on our age, this the last generation of mortals." I think future generations will not understand why the vast majority of humanity with access to Cryonics dismissed it and instead did other things that ensured their nonexistence i.e. had themselves euthanized to avoid pain and prayed to get to paradise. ************************************************* Deep within ourselves we all think that we are the smartest, the baddest, and the bestest of all - our neighbors, co-workers, competitors, etc. This is human nature and that's why the "grass is always greener" on our side, not on the neighbor's yard :o) This is likely to continue in the future, no matter how distant it will be. I do envision, though, the future as a form or a huge community that will care to each other down the road, where the concept of "stupid past generation" probably will not exist. "Stupid neighbor" probably will still be there :o) - especially, if it's the guy who's parking his car leaking oil in front of my home, uses bad language rebuffing my requests to move his car because it's a public street, cites his legal rights as a resident of our town to park *amn right where he wants it and that he'll sue my *ss for harassing him about his car, I need to get this into my "stupid head" that this is the way it is and will be for the ions to come :o) And I thought I've seen it all! Cross my heart, happening to me now! I am sure there will be someone like this in the future - parking his/her space ship "9000 Odyssey" next to your space hub, his titanium alloy body disintegrating, O2 fuel and oil leaking, and would not care too much about the way the launch pad looks :o) That would be "stupid" :o) - that nightmare all over again :o) But there is always an option of buying a couple of cubic light years of space in the future - call me then, I'll sell you some Universal real estate :o) For now, I have to be content with moving and building a new home and taking care of more important things to me :o) Shall I call this future "stupid old generation" thinking somewhat "disadvantaged" to be politically correct :o). The future generations will just think about us as those who had no access to the information and knowledge base they will, thus no logical and reasonable resolutions of our problems had been made during our time. That would be their thinking I'd say. I don't think about ancient Maya or Germanic Tribes to be barbaric in any way - I just observe the facts and get fascinated by the PBS specials on history and culture of different nations and peoples, medical, technological, scientific developments in the past, present and upcoming future. Human sacrifice? Fine by me, since I'd be the one cheering this on in the older times or could have been one sacrificed myself and probably would not question it too much :o) I just did not know any better! I don't doubt that feelings of the future people will still be there - and cryonics maybe thought to be nothing more than we consider a visit to a doctor now :o) Just a different extension of the current state of things in the future. I think I like it. However, without "stupid" mistakes and experiments we would not be where we are right now as a civilization. I hope and know that people in the future will have enough respect for us and our strides to gain more knowledge. Otherwise, the same will be thought of them and this will be sad - not my ideal of the future :o( I still would like to be there, whenever it is, and check out where my "oil leaking" next-door neighbor will be put to rest. Do you think that in about 5,000 years from now I'll be able to find his grave :o) Or maybe I should instruct the cryonics organization to reprogram me by playing Barney's "I love you, you love me, we are happy family" to me while I am in suspension? I am sure there will be another way to do something like this to me :o) not to think "stupid" of other people regardless of *when* rather *where* they are. P.S. The above is just one possible future, Mr. [Name Withheld - my next-door neighbor] Please, please, please, don't call me "stupid* again, don't sue my *ss for asking you to move your vehicle leaking oil in front of my home - remember that you have a very limited time on this Earth and surely no chances of survival in the future, while my chances are a bit better :o) Gosh, I like my chances! Sincerely, IGGY Dybal Broker Associate RE/MAX Best Associates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * E-mail: * Web site: http://www.IGGY.net * Phone: (913) 894-4024 * Toll-free: (877) 550-IGGY/ 550-4449 * Fax: (913) 894-4311 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16620