Thursday, June 18, 2009

Some thoughts

I went to Mac donalds today and the person in front of me ordered the 10pc chicken mac nugs. This is strange because they cost $3.49 while the 4pc chicken mac nugs costs only $1 so he could have gotten 12 pieces for less money.

It is lucky that I do not currently have a mailing address or I might have already bought a blackberry that I do not need. Also blackberry has initials BB. Just another reason I should get one bah.

I find that when I ask a lot of people about their thoughts on cryonics they mostly think it is a bad idea. One of the main reasons they cite is the low probability of success. I wonder if people's opinions would change if the question was framed in terms of what they would choose for their own parents. Perhaps they think that with too low a probability of success it would be greedy to gamble their heirs' money on it. When the question is phrased in terms of what they would choose for their parents, it makes cryonics the non-greedy option because otherwise it's like they are selling their parent's life for money.

2 comments:

Mudwig said...

that last paragraph is unfiltered genius.
also i need to decide between bb or iphone. what say you?

Bruce said...

I think bb>iPhone. I have an ipod touch and it is not that easy to type and using the internet is a little awk. I think the scroll ball thing and real keyboard make bb much easier to use. The main advantage of the iPhone seems to be the apps but I mainly just want to use internet and AIM.