From: T0Morrow@aol.com
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 22:07:41 MDT
Agreed, Eliezer, that Max nailed that meme vector. Hence my portraying as
"in line with Max's comments," the argument that those who do not suspend
patients bear the burden of proof in demonstrating why they have not acted
rashly. I hope I didn't sound as if I were criticizing his presentation.
A statistically significant portion of discussion threads devolve into bad
puns. Allow me this observation, then: I guess you could say, given how
they evince "small 'c'" conservativism in matters of patient care, that
cryonicists represent the "belt and suspenders" school of medical ethics.
In a message dated 7/10/02 8:07:45 PM, sentience@pobox.com writes:
>Max More wrote:
> >
>> "These people are not disposable. These are human beings who have a
>> chance of coming back."
>
>Incidentally, I think this phrase was the high point of the whole
>Crossfire session.
>
>An Extropian *is* more compassionate than these so-called ethicists.
>It's genuinely true and we should be able to make it clear that it's
>true, if we can find the right words. Max did.
>
>--
>Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
>Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
T.0. Morrow
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