From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sat Mar 18 2000 - 15:34:54 MST
In a message dated 03/18/2000 4:20:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
zero_powers@hotmail.com writes:
> I prefer rational denial. I have always believed, ever since a little
tyke,
> that I would not have to die. (Maybe this was a cause, or the result, of
my
>
> childhood atheism.) Of course I had no idea how I was going to pull this
> off, since better men than me had tried and all had failed. But
nonetheless
>
> I never believed in, nor feared, my own death. Then, lo and behold, St.
> Drexler writes _Engines of Creation_ and suddenly the way out appears.
All
> I have to do is wait for the nanoguys to do their stuff and I can have a
> complete body overhaul every 20 years or so. I think I have a fair shot
of
> living until 2050 or so, and hopefully the tech will be in place by then.
> And even if I miss the tech by a few decades, cryonic suspension finally
> seems like a viable alternative.
>
> Death?!? We don't need no stinkin' death!
>
> -Zero
Well one form of denial is relgion, simply because its a way of dealing with
frustration with an intolerable situation. One observation is that what
happens if a person is away from their cryo tank when the end comes? What
about family and friends, are ya "ok" with the big goodbye to them, as long
as you survive? It may not be a choice, however, I am desiring the BIG
solution as profferd by Moravec and Tipler. So far there has a paucity of any
other thinkers exploring this area with any usuable ideas. Maybe it does not
exist?
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