X-Message-Number: 23449 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:27:14 -0500 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #23446 - #23447 Hi everyone! Hipkiss has an interesting idea. Some psychologists look at people precisely in terms of how they plan for and think about events at different times in their future. For instance, someone who thinks only very short-term is likely to commit more crimes than someone who thinks longer term. It would be interesting here to relate this idea to when and how in their lives people decide to write their first Will. If Hipkiss is correct, then (on average) people who write their Wills at age 30, assuming that they aren't suffering from a fatal disease by that age, may be better candidates for cryonics than those who do so at higher ages. We might have to factor out wealth when we do such an examination, simply because a wealthy 30 year old looks more likely to think about what would happen to his money if he died than someone with more average finances. So we look at people with more or less equal levels of wealth. Not poor, not VERY rich. Best wishes and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23449