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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: why important people never get interested in cryonics
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:26:49 -0000


I wonder if this may be of assistance in the debate on why important people 
never get interested in cryonics:

People feeling powerful don't listen, study finds

Feb. 15, 2008
Courtesy Ohio State University
and World Science staff


Don't both er try ing to per suade your boss of a new idea while he's feel ing 
the pow er of his po si tion, new re search sug gests-he's not lis ten ing.


"Pow er ful peo ple have con fi dence in what they are think ing. Wheth er their
thoughts are pos i tive or neg a tive to ward an idea, that po si tion is go 
ing to be hard to change," said Rich ard Pet ty, co-au thor of the study and a 
psy cholo g ist at Ohio State Uni ver s ity.

  

Peo ple tend to dis re gard new opin ions when they are in the glow of pow er, a
study has found. 


more on:

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080215_power

-- 
Sincerely, John de Rivaz:  http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including
Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley
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