X-Message-Number: 4270 Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 10:04:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Robin Helweg-Larsen <> Subject: Cryonicist temperament On Fri, 21 Apr -1, Saul Kent wrote: I don't give a hoot about "respect- > ability", except to the extent that I believe it will help me to sur- > vive. I don't know anyone in cryonics who is more interested in re- > spectability than survival. Does anyone? > Maybe this is the heart of the difference between the average cryonicist, and the plain old average person. Previously I had considered crucial factors to be a) risk-taking, or b) interest in travel (in both geographical and meme/spiritual/intellectual senses), or c) zero-based (i.e. no preconceptions) thinking ability. So, how do we target people who are already engaged in an internal survival-vs-respectability debate (apart from advertising in cryonics magazines?) :-) Robin HL Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4270