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by rictic 11y ago

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coldtea 11y ago
How about you bring me the citations that show that they care about morality in such a line of work? Or do you think assuming everybody is moral in every line of business is a baseline for how the universe is and everything more cynical is some sort of extra-ordinary claim? If yes, then you'd be surprised. That's the corollary to what P. T. Barnum said, that "there's a sucker born every minute". What they do, is sell hope to rich people, working at the inside edges of pseudo-science.
- Jach 11y ago
  Did you even read the link already provided? I advise you to look into the history of the people on the Trust Board, and the people on Alcor's board of directors, and the people of Alcor's general staff. Note how many are members of Alcor, or who have family members already being preserved, and thus have a personal interest in the mission succeeding. How about you browse their library and see what things are being discussed and by whom? http://www.alcor.org/Library/index.html http://www.alcor.org/Library/index.html Then consider you don't even have to be rich. As already noted on this very page (ed: I see you already noted that), it costs $80k to suspend your head with Alcor. Not $800k, which would still be pretty reasonable and not only for the rich, because someone in their 30s can pay only $60/mo for a 20-year life insurance policy paying out $1m. Edit2: I'd also ask you to wonder if the company is evil, but trying to hide it so they can fool rich people, wouldn't they want to hide something like this which can be so easily used to characterize them as evil? http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/bringingdixieback.html http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/bringingdixieback.html
- sanswork 11y ago
  Have you ever had any 1 on 1 contact with anyone in the leadership of a company in the field? If so what sort of contact/relationship with them did you have to give you the insight into their beliefs?

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by rictic 11y ago

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coldtea 11y ago
How about you bring me the citations that show that they care about morality in such a line of work? Or do you think assuming everybody is moral in every line of business is a baseline for how the universe is and everything more cynical is some sort of extra-ordinary claim? If yes, then you'd be surprised. That's the corollary to what P. T. Barnum said, that "there's a sucker born every minute". What they do, is sell hope to rich people, working at the inside edges of pseudo-science.
- Jach 11y ago
  Did you even read the link already provided? I advise you to look into the history of the people on the Trust Board, and the people on Alcor's board of directors, and the people of Alcor's general staff. Note how many are members of Alcor, or who have family members already being preserved, and thus have a personal interest in the mission succeeding. How about you browse their library and see what things are being discussed and by whom? http://www.alcor.org/Library/index.html http://www.alcor.org/Library/index.html Then consider you don't even have to be rich. As already noted on this very page (ed: I see you already noted that), it costs $80k to suspend your head with Alcor. Not $800k, which would still be pretty reasonable and not only for the rich, because someone in their 30s can pay only $60/mo for a 20-year life insurance policy paying out $1m. Edit2: I'd also ask you to wonder if the company is evil, but trying to hide it so they can fool rich people, wouldn't they want to hide something like this which can be so easily used to characterize them as evil? http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/bringingdixieback.html http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/bringingdixieback.html
- sanswork 11y ago
  Have you ever had any 1 on 1 contact with anyone in the leadership of a company in the field? If so what sort of contact/relationship with them did you have to give you the insight into their beliefs?