X-Message-Number: 30812 From: Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:03:12 EDT Subject: gamblers Various psychological studies have tended to show that most people, most of the time, fear loss more than they crave gain. They value the status quo, and this undoubtedly is a large part of the reason for the slow acceptance of cryonics. But of course there are exceptions. Seems pretty clear these are the gamblers, which would include entrepreneurs and other venturesome types, such as those who go for avant garde choices. Again, this doesn't translate readily into any promising tactics, partly because "gamblers" are not usually psychologically monolithic. Like everybody else, they have their facets and their compartments, and someone who is bold in business or fashion-wise or whatever can still be backward in re cryonics. Still, maybe someone can figure out a new angle. R.E. **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=30812