X-Message-Number: 6087
From: Brian Wowk <>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 11:59:50 -0500
Subject: SCI.CRYONICS Immortality 1

"Norton, Brook" <> writes on CryoNet:

>But immortality IS the province of man.

	Not yet.

>And cryonics IS a path to immortality.

	You mean in the same sense as coronary artery bypass?

> It certainly can't be ruled out
> and it can be conveyed to friends and family, in the course of due time,
> in a diplomatic, non-threatening way.

	If you want to be diplomatic and non-threatening, then why
not just tell them about the prospect of indefinitely extended life?

> I say that when your audience is ready,
> present them with the prospect of immortality.

	You mean like how Scientologists only disclose their
most outrageous beliefs to people who've been around the movement
for a while? :)  Seriously, though, even if some people are
receptive to discussions about technological "immortality",
why prime them with ideas and misleading language that will
discredit cryonics in the rest of the world?  Throwing around
grandiose ideas like immortality may be fun, but what positive
educational purpose is served?

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