Cryonics
Subject: WorldCon in Reno David Brin, Greg Bear and Gregory Benford were all on a panel at Renovation last week. Amusing event. I brought up cryonics. Everyone in the audience was aware of it, several people were thinking about it for themselves and of course Gregory and I were signed up. There were around a dozen at the con who were already signed up. Keith Henson (Signed up since 1985 and helped freeze 19 people) I've been thinking about it for years, but haven't seen anyone at cons lately to sign people up. I'm curious why many of our deceased authors didn't sign up... ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Cryonics
Subject: WorldCon in Reno David Brin, Greg Bear and Gregory Benford were all on a panel at Renovation last week. Amusing event. I brought up cryonics. Everyone in the audience was aware of it, several people were thinking about it for themselves and of course Gregory and I were signed up. There were around a dozen at the con who were already signed up. Keith Henson (Signed up since 1985 and helped freeze 19 people) Are you with Alcor? I've been thinking about it for years, but haven't seen anyone at cons lately to sign people up. I'm curious why many of our deceased authors didn't sign up... ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Cryonics
Subject: WorldCon in Reno David Brin, Greg Bear and Gregory Benford were all on a panel at Renovation last week. Amusing event. I brought up cryonics. Everyone in the audience was aware of it, several people were thinking about it for themselves and of course Gregory and I were signed up. There were around a dozen at the con who were already signed up. Keith Henson (Signed up since 1985 and helped freeze 19 people) Keith, are you with Alcor? I've been thinking about it for years, but haven't seen anyone at cons lately to sign people up. I'm curious why so many deceased SF authors never signed up... Jon Mann ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Galileo was wrong!
A few Catholics still insist Galileo was wrong - latimes.com It was a ROTFLMAO piece for me. It was really fun to see how both Notre Dame and the Vatican Observatory were in the are these guy real? mode. I gave my first paper at a high energy physics symposium at Notre Dame, and saw the head of the Vatican Observatory and Steven Weinberg give a presentation on Science and Faith together. It's funny, when you think about it. A Protestant can rail against every other church and found his own church. But if you're an ultraconservative Catholic, how in the world do you argue that the Pope is dead wrong on the important issues? Liberal Catholics can be anti-traditional, but how can you be an ubertraditonalist that says tradition is horribly wrong. :-) Dan M. ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Galileo was wrong!
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote: It's funny, when you think about it. A Protestant can rail against every other church and found his own church. But if you're an ultraconservative Catholic, how in the world do you argue that the Pope is dead wrong on the important issues? It is pathetic when you think about it. Of course there will be religious people who have trouble accepting reality as revealed by science. The whole point of most religions is to accept things without proof. Anyone who is suprised by religious people who have trouble distinguishing reality from delusion is lying to themselves about the consequences of indoctrinating people into religious beliefs. ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 30, Issue 6
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.com wrote: (Keith wrote) David Brin, Greg Bear and Gregory Benford were all on a panel at Renovation last week. Amusing event. I brought up cryonics. Everyone in the audience was aware of it, several people were thinking about it for themselves and of course Gregory and I were signed up. There were around a dozen at the con who were already signed up. Keith Henson (Signed up since 1985 and helped freeze 19 people) Keith, are you with Alcor? Yes. I've been thinking about it for years, but haven't seen anyone at cons lately to sign people up. If you are serious about it, at least get insurance (unless you can afford it out of pocket, and even then, insurance is a good way to assure the funding will be there). I'm curious why so many deceased SF authors never signed up... They don't seem to be much more likely to sign up than the rest of the population. As for why, ask them, but expect rationalizations rather then reason. Keith ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
