X-Message-Number: 28486
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:30:28 -0400
From: "Raphael T. Haftka" <>
Subject: Immortalist society name change
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Does immortal imply somebody who cannot die.


I wanted to put in my two cents in support of Ben Best concerning the name 
change. I have not followed all the emails on the topic, but I remember reading 
in greek mythology or elsewhere about somebody who asked to become mortal.


I can see why the term antagonizes some religious people because indeed I view 
cryonics as a substitute to religion for myself (I do not imply that it is for 
anybody else). One of the roles of religion is to relieve anxiety about death, 
and this is exactly how I use Cryonics. 


Finally, I have a lot of experience in editing scientific papers, and I always 
chide authors to choose the most descriptive name for their papers or new 
methods. So I believe that the terms life extension and cryonics should appear 
in the name to allow people to guess from the name what we are about.

Rafi

Rafi Haftka

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