X-Message-Number: 1670
Subject: CRYONICS Sound bite
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 09:54:04 EST
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Tim Freeman:
>Whenever I hear arguments about where the burden of proof lies, the
>only conclusion I draw is that nobody has any proof.

Garret Smyth <> says:
>I feel that you are mistaken in thinking there is "proof" for the answer
>to this.

I agree that there is no proof to be had, and my use of the word
"proof" was not appropriate.  The fact remains that the proposed sound
bite responds to a question with a question, which would lead me to
believe that the person generating the response was covering up the
fact that he had no answer.  But then maybe I'm not in the audience
you're trying to address, so maybe it doesn't matter whether the sound
bite would have convinced me of anything.

>So what would have persuaded you, and would you have put it in away that
>was memorable would have taken a few seconds to say? Are you signed up? If
>so what convinced you, if not why not?

"I have lots of fun things I want to do, and I can't do them if I'm
dead."  Yes, I'm signed up.  For me, the issue was whether it could
conceivably work; for the audience you're addressing, apparently we're
assuming that the issue is "why not die?".  Reading Engines of
Creation convinced me, but it doesn't fit in a sound bite and it
doesn't argue that life is worth living.

Tim Freeman <>    CompuServe ID 71045,2267 checked occasionally.
When they took the fourth amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs.
When they took the sixth amendment, I kept quiet because I know I'm innocent.
When they took the second amendment, I said nothing because I don't own a gun.
Now they've come for the first amendment, and I can't say anything at all.

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