Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:11:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: N Lynch <sfbookfan at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 'genius' disses SF fans at Alcor conference?
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

--- ronkean at juno.com wrote:
> Libertarian self-described genius Michael Cloud
> popped up at Alcor's
> annual Cryonics Technology Festival in Scottsdale,
> Arizona on the weekend
> of February 1st, 1997, and gave a speech in which he
> equated the
> intelligence of science fiction fans with that of
> Mensans.  The
[Snipped!]
> Next he suggested that presentations at
> science-fiction conventions also
> don't work. Science-fiction fans, he said, are
> "people with a rich
> fantasy lives, no jobs, and the intelligence level
> of people in Mensa."
>
> So, what's the alternative? "I'm a genius at
> outreach," Cloud told his
> audience, and mentioned that his methods have helped
> to raise membership
> of the Libertarian Party from 9,000 to 23,000.

Wow!!  What a genius of outreach!  He dissed how many
people in one sentence?  So, I guess the presentations
should be at Libertarian party meetings?

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Member of the Canned Food Alliance, Nicki Lynch

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