From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Tue Jul 09 2002 - 18:33:48 MDT
At 03:08 PM 7/9/2002 -0700, Hal wrote:
> > A bioethicist
> > and a representative of a cryonics firm go head-to-head.
>Sounds like Max is a stand-in for the "representative of a cryonics firm".
I believe that Jerry Lemler was originally going to fill the slot, which
accounts for that text, since I very definitely stated that I was *not*
there as an Alcor representative.
>Actually he should be much more effective, as a philosopher who supports
>the concept rather than a businessman who might appear to be motivated
>by personal profit.
And as someone who offers real arguments instead of slurs and ludicrous
analogies ("it's like sending a cow to the moon without a rocket")!
>I found more information on Moreno, the bioethicist Max will be debating.
>He has an online column at abcnews.com on bioethics issues, and he makes
>frequent appearances on the news and talk shows. Generally he strikes
>me as very fair and balanced in the articles by him that I have read.
>No doubt on Crossfire he will be expected to be more assertive and
>controversial.
I found him to be arrogant, dismissive, authoritarian (he expected people
to believe him based on authority) and woefully ignorant of relevant
information. From his bio, which is highly substantial, I had expected better.
>I would hope, therefore, that Moreno would be open to arguments based
>on individual choice. He's not a scientist so he is not qualified to
>say that cryonics won't work.
Well, that certainly didn't stop him. He didn't even grant the slightest
possibility.
Onward!
Max
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Strategic Philosopher
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