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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>No, your message on Thomas Donaldson, who I
knew personally,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>R.I.P. in a frozen dewar, hopefully, no, I
haven't see it </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>show up in the SL4 list that I subscribe
to. When was it</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>posted?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Lee</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=russell.wallace@gmail.com
href="mailto:russell.wallace@gmail.com">Russell Wallace</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org
href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">ExI chat list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 11, 2006 10:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] How Dangerous
Our Times? (was Rational force?)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 12/12/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Lee Corbin</B> <<A
href="mailto:lcorbin@rawbw.com">lcorbin@rawbw.com</A>> wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Already
you're displaying unhealthy pessimism. Are you *totally*<BR>sure
that there is zero percent chance that cryonics will work?<BR>Whence such
certainty?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>No certainty at all - have you read my post on SL4, "Donaldson,
Tegmark and AGI"? <BR></DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">*Our*
times are desperate? I humbly suggest you read more<BR>history,
and put yourselves in the invariably precarious position <BR>of our
ancestors. Now *those* times were desperate, at least<BR>for each
individual.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>And, fair point; I have done just as you suggest and I try to keep
this in mind. I'm a pragmatic pessimist, but hey, the bright side of being a
pessimist is your surprises are more likely to be good ones. <BR></DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">That's
the spirit!<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>Good, we're on the same page!<BR>
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