<div dir="auto">Hi Elsa,<div dir="auto">Wow, what a great story.</div><div dir="auto">Do you have any of those pictures?</div><div dir="auto">I would love to hear more about your beliefs.</div><div dir="auto">What do you think we are, where is humanity likely going in the near and long term future, after we die and all that?</div><div dir="auto">Thanks Brent.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 3:58 AM ilsa via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I was very fortunate if I were to tell you the story you would get a giggle.<div dir="auto">when Stephen Hawking's book the history of everything came out I was in Princeton New Jersey for one reason or another.</div><div dir="auto">I got a copy of his book and I read about a dozen pages and it was going to be work and it was over my head but I really wanted to know what was going on so I took myself across the street to the public library there in downtown Princeton. I walked up to the information desk and I asked if they had a young adult version of Stephen Hawking's book. Much to my surprise she stepped from behind the desk and took me downstairs and walked right over to the little thin volume and handed it to me.</div><div dir="auto">At that moment all those years ago I said like a Little dream not even a wish just a girly thought like wow!</div><div dir="auto">I thought I would love to thank Stephen Hawking for caring so much to make sure that this came out so that many generations all sorts of people could understand his work. and there I was with all of his physics friends from all over because he was going to present his two black holes colliding finished work he had a PowerPoint and everything which I have taken some photographs of I have on my phone if somebody wants to do it I don't I didn't organize my pictures well enough.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And my first thing that I wanted to say to Stephen Hawking was a little Princeton story and how to light it I was and he looked up at me with his nice with such gratitude but I didn't try to be somebody else that I could tell him that I really enjoyed the young adult version and it was a just such a gift.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm part of why he was in California was to make a plan for which movie making or television group wood be trusted with passing his work on two young people and too interested adults who are not scientific to try and let as many people follow the new way of thinking.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My plus-one friend took pictures so somewhere there pictures of me with Stephen Hawking a few in 2012. It was one of the Great moments of my life and I've had so many opportunities to me and talk to people in a casual setting I've been very fortunate.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you for being interested in my little story about adjust a really great man just standing next to him was such a pleasure he had so little arrogance.</div><div dir="auto">I don't know when I'll speak again but I want to thank you so much for allowing me to be here and to follow along and your wonderful inspirational threads yeah</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 7:16 PM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Hi Ilsa,</div><div>Good to hear these wonderful comments from you.</div><div>Wow, you've had such an interesting conversation with Stephen Hawking? That gives you as at least as much credibility as those of us who went out to lunch with Elon Musk, back at the 2001 extropy conference, before he sold PayPall.</div><div>Looking forward to hearing more.</div><div>Brent</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 7:13 PM ilsa via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I read all the time but I rarely communicate but I want to say hello at this invitation.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In my conversation with Stephen Hawking in 2012. I've come to understand that faith is a non-material path to Infiniti, the way that education leads to a path, and can be described, but I'm not going to do it. I'm just saying it's probably in the young adult version of Stephen Hawking's seminal book.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">With delight to be feeding my mind with your lovely conversations over the last 15 plus years.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Respect and gratitude, ilsa</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 4:49 PM Jose Cordeiro via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div dir="ltr">Dear Spike and ExI friends,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> How are you doing? I am not a regular writer here, but I do try to read most messages since there are excellent contributions, and some people here that I admire and follow from many years!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> How many participants are there in the list now? I imagine most are like me, who do not participate actively?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> By the way, I am planning to organize the next TransVision conference in Madrid, during October 16-18, or later depending on the pandemic, and I would like to invite you all to come. It will be safe, fun, educational, and immortal, so kindly share with others too, and let me know if you can participate, please: <span><a href="https://www.transvisionmadrid.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.transvisionmadrid.com/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"> Finally, let me share with you my interview/article/profile in the latest issue of the Alcor Cryonics magazine, I hope that you have a few minutes to take a look and comment: <span><a href="https://www.alcor.org/CryonicsMagazine/cryonics2020.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Cryonics Magazine 2019</a></span><div><br></div><div id="m_-2326278935206152592m_-6400732636218339011gmail-m_1758311394614314285m_-901983408067654522ydpdb1b0878enhancr_card_7607040299" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans,"Helvetica Neue","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.alcor.org/CryonicsMagazine/cryonics2020.html" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,228,233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0px 0px 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224,228,233)"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:16px 0px 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans,"Helvetica Neue","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-radius:0px 0px 2px"><h2 style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:YahooSans,"Helvetica Neue","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);max-width:314px">Cryonics Magazine 2019</h2><p style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151,155,167)"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a><div style="width:100%;min-height:100%"><div><div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"> Best of luck, keep safe, wash your hands, and welcome to Spain after the pandemic...</div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><font size="2"><span style="line-height:1.22;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Futuristically yours,</span><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:1.22;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2" style="background-color:inherit"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:1.22;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2" style="background-color:inherit"> La vie est belle!</font></span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Jose Cordeiro, MBA, PhD </span></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" id="m_-2326278935206152592m_-6400732636218339011gmail-m_1758311394614314285m_-901983408067654522ydpe077688fyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503237199187_489658" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span id="m_-2326278935206152592m_-6400732636218339011gmail-m_1758311394614314285m_-901983408067654522ydpe077688fyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503237199187_489657">(<a href="http://www.cordeiro.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">www.cordeiro.org</a></span></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" id="m_-2326278935206152592m_-6400732636218339011gmail-m_1758311394614314285m_-901983408067654522ydpe077688fyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503237199187_495431" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span id="m_-2326278935206152592m_-6400732636218339011gmail-m_1758311394614314285m_-901983408067654522ydpe077688fyui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503237199187_495430">)</span></font></font></div></div></div></div>
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