[extropy-chat] The School of Futurology

[Emlyn]

Here's a repost from this list; original author Jeff Davis:

> I, however, will provide a comment.
>
> This is not easy for me.  Sending up a red flag with a
> person's name one it.  Yet it appears to be necessary.
>
> Jonathan Despres is the single most dangerous
> individual to have invited himself into the
> cryonics/transhumanist community, in the 8-9 years I
> have been around.  Dangerous most particularly to the
> cryonics enterprise.
>
> http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/dsp.cgi?msg=27334
>
> The problem posed by Despres would be easier to deal
> with if it was simply a case of a malicious
> personality.  However, that's not the situation.
> Rather it appears that Despres suffers from some sort
> of mental problem.  From the link below, in is own
> words:
>
> "Because of my disease called Social Anxiety or Social
> Phobia, I would need a telephonist. I hate to call
> people over the phone."
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/sci.cryonics/browse_thread/thread/fcd0dc764bb213e5/73e43e6c1fa37bb1#73e43e6c1fa37bb1
>
>
> I suspect that his aberrant, destructive behavior will
> only come to an end as a consequence of legal action.
> Meanwhile, in an effort to minimize the damage he is
> inevitably -- delusionally -- going to cause, I
> recommend everyone be aware of the problem, and take
> the time to inform anyone not already up to speed.
>
> Jonathan Despres is trouble.  He has set up a
> superficially impressive, yet vaporware website, and
> is set on a course to screw over anyone who, unaware
> of the mental aberration behind it, buys into the
> seeming-legitimacy of his web activity.
>
> This is no drill.
>
> Jeff Davis

On 08/02/06, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> At 06:45 PM 2/7/2006 -0800, Fred C. Moulton wrote:
>
> >Before anyone accepts this offer I strongly suggest doing some very
> >rigorous due diligence.
>
> Or even some very cursory due diligence via Google.
>
> Damien Broderick
>
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