X-Message-Number: 20143 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:07:42 +1000 From: Damien Broderick <> Subject: Vote for cryonics John de Rivaz commented: >http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2268181.stm >contains a vote on whether you'd chose cryonics or Hawaii for the New >Scientist competition. At the time of writing about 20% of the 2842 votes >cast voted for life. A friend pointed out the game-theory oddity of the 79.7% who currently chose the Hawaii trip. Maybe the prize is non-transferrable, but on the face of it some people prefer a notional holiday worth a few thousand bucks to a prize worth a cited $28,000, arguably re-sellable via eBay or whatever for no less than $20,000. Damien Broderick Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20143