[ExI] Hitch belongs to the ages

[Max More]

I don't see him having considered cryonics on its merits. Apparently
someone mentioned the idea to him. He dismissed it somewhat snidely, citing
no reasons whatsoever. I've never read his books, but his lack of
intelligent engagement with something that just might have saved his life
is very disappointing.

--Max


2011/12/17 Darren Greer <darren.greer3 at gmail.com>

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>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 6:44 AM, David Lubkin <lubkin at unreasonable.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I found him a pleasure to read and to listen to, whether I agreed with
>> him
>> > on the subject in question or not. The nearest, perhaps, we'll get to
>> > encountering Orwell, minus the sf.
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> Sam Harris said once of him that he was the only man he knew who spoke as
> well as he wrote.  High praise, considering how beautifully he did the
> latter. What I admire most about him though was his absolute insistence on
> considering each issue presented him on its own merits. He refused to be
> co-opted by the left or right, and was not afraid of pissing off either if
> need be, as long as it meant he was free to reason and debate on his own
> terms. No matter what you think of him or his opinions, he was his own man,
> which is why he eventually fell afoul of everyone who ever held him up as a
> poster boy for a cause.
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