Resistance To Immortality Concepts

[Don Ashley]

On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, Deck Hazen wrote:

> Why be immortal?
> 
> I've been cruising the Longevity group's correspondence for a couple of
> weeks now, and gone over a few of the back issues, and it strikes me that
> everyone takes for granted the assumption that all people what to live forever.
> 
> It's probably true, but I'd be interested to find out why.

Deck, 

I'd be happy to send you a catalog of why many people resist the idea of 
'immortality'.  The excuses range from irrational to realistic.