[extropy-chat] Re: extropy-chat Digest, Vol 9, Issue 30

[Bruce J. Klein]

Gregory Propf wrote:

> Ben Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal 
>
> This is little off topic but Rees has said something to the effect 
> that "I'd rather end up in an English churchyard than a California 
> freezer" in reference to cryonics at least.  


During a Dec. 2003 ImmInst interview, when asked about the possiblity of 
living forever, Martin Rees replied, "I'd be ambivalent about a lifespan 
of even a few centuries if I couldn't transcend present mental (and even 
physical) limitations. Regrets and frustrations would just pile up 
intolerably." 

Reese also said (I think in good fun), "PS I'd rather my body ended up 
in an English churchyard than in a Californian refrigerator."

http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=67&t=2699

Bruce J. Klein
Chair, ImmInst.org