X-Message-Number: 3916
From:  (Joseph J. Strout)
Subject: Campus speakers?
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 11:53:03 -0800 (PST)

I've found that a surprising number of my peers (even in the
neuroscience department) have not heard of cryonics, or (worse) have
heard only rumors that leave them with an impression of quackery.
This ignorance could be alleviated, perhaps, by an occasional public
talk given by someone knowledgable (and preferably active) in the
field.

Are such talks generally given?  I would think that this would be a
inexpensive and particularly compelling way to reach a good pool of
potential customers.  College students, we may also suspect, might be
more receptive to what is still a new idea (to most people) than the
average American would be.  On the other hand, I suppose most college
students are not yet sufficiently concerned about their deaths to do
anything about it.

Anyway, I'd be interested in hearing opinions on the notion of campus
talks in general, and whether anyone could be persuaded to come speak
at UCSD in particular (in particular, that I may help arrange it).

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