Cryonics

2008-09-04 Thread jamespv
Jon Louis Mann said i guess it's just you and i, keith... i haven't run into the alcor folks at any recent conventions and have not actually signed up. i'm waiting to find out how to do it other than by buying the insurance. maybe i'll buy my own thermos and make sure it's equipped with

Re: One word you can say on television

2008-09-04 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 9/3/08, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It might be as late as April before they air the final episodes I heard. That's because the execs at SciFi are, in fact, mostly Cavils and Dorals. -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90

Re: Science and Ideals.

2008-09-04 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Sep 2008 at 1:19, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2008, at 23:08, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Sep 2008 at 19:07, William T Goodall wrote: I think that our capacity for ethics comes from our social animal nature but that telling good from bad comes from thinking about

Re: Science and Ideals.

2008-09-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Sep 2008, at 17:27, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 4 Sep 2008 at 1:19, William T Goodall wrote: I was thinking that despite the differences in the underlying mechanisms our hypothetical aliens might begin to reach similar conclusions once they applied more advanced thinking to the subject.

Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 397, Issue 4

2008-09-04 Thread hkhenson
At 12:00 PM 9/4/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote: (Jon) snip (re Pascal's Wager) I'm placing my bet on cryonics... That's interesting. I didn't know there were any others of us freezer folks on this list. Keith i guess it's just you and i, keith... i haven't run into the alcor folks at any

Re: Cryonics

2008-09-04 Thread hkhenson
At 12:00 PM 9/4/2008, jamespv wrote: Naw Naw you are not the only freezer folks count me in but I have one problem its not solar or wind energy back-up. It is those who are left behind to operate the freezers and start the coolant and dip me into the deep freeze. I would much rather a

Re: Science and Ideals.

2008-09-04 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 9/2/08, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just like how without an external yardstick there is no way to call Uwe Boll's _BloodRayne_ better than Shakespeare's _Hamlet_. Because if it's all just opinions they are all equally valid and there is no way to call one better than the

Cryonics

2008-09-04 Thread Jon Louis Mann
i'm waiting to find out how to do it other than by buying the insurance. If you are reasonably young and don't have serious health problems, it's hard to beat insurance for financing a suspension. already too old... maybe i'll buy my own thermos and make sure it's equipped with

Re: Science and Ideals.

2008-09-04 Thread jamespv
Andrew C wrote 9-4-08 Yes, but where does the ability to do so come from? I'd argue that only Humans and a few other animals have the ability to comprehend altruistic ideals - and here we touch on self-awareness: Understanding of the self as an individual is key to accepting others as