From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 00:56:42 MDT
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> Is this news to anyone? Isn't it obvious that cryonics, life-extension,
> nanotech, and our other ideas are considered a UFO cult by mainstream
> science? I am not surprised at all about this news coverage, but am
> surprised by our own reactions. Maybe this should be a wake-up call for
> our movement. We are not mainstream and never will be. Anybody who
> thinks we are or will be is just deluding themselves. Mainstream news
> or public opinion would never be able to keep up with us even if they
> wanted to.
I think with some good memetic engineering that much of what we
care about can and will become mainstream. Keep up with us?
Sorry, but right now we aren't moving so terribly fast. Science
and technology are moving quite rapidly but much else we care
about doesn't seem to be.
- samantha
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