X-Message-Number: 19051
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 11:56:43 -0700
From: Ziana Astralos <>
Subject: Re: science fiction
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On Sat, 11 May 2002 Charles Platt <> wrote:
> ...
> I found out about Alcor, indirectly, through a writer named Joe Haldeman.
> After I had signed up, I met Joe at a science-fiction event and spent an
> hour questioning him, trying to figure out why he hadn't bothered to join.
> He gave the usual excuses--such as, "I don't want to wake up in a future
> which I won't be able to understand," and, "My wife would be unhappy if I
> set aside a large amount of money for myself, after I die." Finally he
> came up with a really odd reason; he said he was afraid that resuscitation
> would be very painful, and as a wounded Vietnam vet, he knows a lot about
> pain. I said, "Joe, this is ridiculous. Any future technology that can do
> cell repair with nanotechnology is going to have excellent techniques for
> pain management." Joe thought about this, and then shrugged. "I guess
> you're right," he said. "I don't really know why I don't want to sign up."
> ...


That sort of ambiguous 'just don't want to' is a shame. He has some interesting
ideas and has written several excellent books.

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