X-Message-Number: 19051 Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 11:56:43 -0700 From: Ziana Astralos <> Subject: Re: science fiction References: <> 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. -- Aumentar! Onward, Ziana Astralos - - http://www.extrotech.net/ GCS/MC/IT/L/O d- s-:- a? C++++ W+++ K++ UL w+ M-- PS+++ PE Y+ DI++++ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19051