X-Message-Number: 853 From: david! (David A. Roth) Subject: Re: cryonics: #846 - #851 Date: Sat, 23 May 92 23:48:08 EST > Message: #849 - Re: Dirty Linen > Date: Sat, 23 May 92 15:34:03 -0400 > From: > > . . . > There are people whose highest value is conformity. I've heard in > various places that these people may comprise 95% of the population. > . . . [ Lines deleted to reduce duplication of msg #849 - KQB ] > > The path to success that I see for us is to first go after the 5% of > people who don't feel compelled to conform. After we get them, a > conformist who happens to find himself in the vicinity of enough > cryonicists will feel compelled to join, so things will proceed quickly > from there. I'm new to this list and somewhat new to entire concept but I am learning. " The path to success ... to first go after the 5%..." is a position of concern to me. I might very well be taking this out of context but to me it sounds like the "success" would be to be able to revive people from suspension someday. The language used above reminds me of the people of a certain religion where there main focus is collecting money and getting others to join. Why is it important to argue with others about cryonics in a way to make them conform? The information is available and I don't see the purpose of trying to sell it to someone who is not interesting in buying? Is there something here I am missing? If this is science based on theory then the information should be offered this way and people should be able to make their choices based on that. Is the whole concept of cryonics dependent on enough people joining because of financial reasons for the program? David Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=853