X-Message-Number: 9609 Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 16:47:02 -0400 From: Paul Wakfer <> Subject: Re: Cryonet #9601 Opinions On Why People Don't Sign Up >Message #9601 >Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 21:29:09 -0400 >From: Saul Kent <> >Subject: Opinions On Why People Don't Sign Up > Clearly, the long-term answer to fear about offending ones' >relatives or friends by signing up for cryonics, is to make cryonics >a more credible practice through research and validation by mainstream >scientists. However, a short-term answer might be to inform the person(s) >who aren't signing up because of the fear of peer pressure that they can >sign up *confidentially*, and that their sign-up can be between them and >their cryonics organization. Perhaps that might work with Joe Strout's >parents; perhaps not...but I think it's worth a try. I am only half joking when I say that perhaps another alternative is to go and tell all their friends and relatives "for them" that they are *seriously* considering cryonics. -- Paul -- Voice/Fax: 416-968-6291 Page: 800-805-2870 The Institute for Neural Cryobiology - http://neurocryo.org Perfected cryopreservation of Central Nervous System tissue for neuroscience research and medical repair of brain diseases Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9609