From: Colin Hales (colin@versalog.com.au)
Date: Mon Mar 11 2002 - 00:53:12 MST
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From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On
Behalf Of nanowave
Sent: Tuesday, 12 March 2002 5:22 AM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: RE: Bad news for french cryonaughts
You know, I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I have actually
dreamed about these two - these romantic frozen lovers. I guess it has
become a kind of Transhumanist existential crisis for me. I keep thinking
there must be something we can do - after all, are we not Transhumanists? If
we can't be bothered lift a finger here, how can we live with ourselves for
the next several millennia knowing we simply allowed two of our own - two
who might have laughed and shared the joys and mysteries of the universe
along with us, simply rot like dead forgotten carrion - the victims of
stupid bureaucrats with their puny imaginations. I have extremely limited
financial resources, but I have a Transhumanist's heart and I can't help
thinking that Transhumanism implies a greater than human degree of sympathy
and resourcefulness. After all, it ain't rocket science folks.
Russell Evermore
Independent Researcher/Polymath
Russel - you're set to HTML on your email. Personally I find it helpful but
others on the list can get a bit hot and bothered about it.
RE: Cryonaughts to Cryonoughts
Won't there come a time when the termination of the 'potentially
resurrected' becomes a crime? Isn't this the other end of the 'embryo
rights' issue? At some point in time the liklihood of
resurrection/re-birth/whatever it's called makes it awkward to turn off the
power (for me it's *now*). If the authorities can't prove it impossible, but
someone can make a case that it is possible within a reasonable time frame -
isn't there a case for murder? A case for damages (stress etc) to those who
have to watch them die again? Surely the argument would have more strength
now than ever before. Sounds like a new field.....surely there's a lawyer on
this list somewhere.....there you go...a whole new field of law to play
with....free of charge from yours truly.
Colin
ps, you've got a great surname for a transhumanist/posthumanist (is it
real?)
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