From: GBurch1@aol.com
Date: Thu Dec 31 1998 - 07:12:06 MST
In a message dated 98-12-29 16:53:03 EST, Robin Hanson wrote:
> The Journal of Transhumanism, at http://www.transhumanist.com/ ,
> is pleased to announce that we have published volume 3:
>
> J. of Transhumanism, Volume 3, December 1998.
>
> An Exploratory Survey Examining the Familiarity
> with and Attitudes Toward Cryonic Preservation
>
> by Scott Badger
This is a great paper that makes interesting reading as a probe of the effect
of various demographic factors on attitudes about the future and technological
advance in general. One thing it does bear out is my experience that most
people significantly overestimate the cost of cryonic suspension: I often hear
people guess that it must cost half a million dollars or some such figure,
when $50k, financed easily by life insurance (especially if you're young and
healthy), is the right number for a neurosuspension.
Greg Burch <GBurch1@aol.com>----<burchg@liddellsapp.com>
Attorney ::: Director, Extropy Institute ::: Wilderness Guide
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"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must
be driven into practice with courageous impatience."
-- Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
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