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From att!csvax.cs.caltech.edu!symult!hal Tue Apr 16 14:35:22 PDT 1991
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 14:35:22 PDT
From: symult! (Hal Finney)
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To: whscad1.att.com!
Subject: cryonics #299 - Re: Motivation for Reanimation

One of the things I worry about for the future is the possibility that
people will be much smarter.  If they have all this control over DNA,
etc., wouldn't it make sense to use it to enhance intelligence?

If this were to happen, a frozen person with his primitive mind might
be effectively sub-human.  It might be hard for these future people to
find a place in their society for such a person.  True, there will be
other 20th century cavemen frozen with him, and perhaps a little
colony could be set up somewhere for them to live in, but is it really
kind to revive a person into such a life?

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