cousin_it comments on A speculation on Near and Far Modes - Less Wrong
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Yes, but what does this distinction prove? They're all unfamiliar ideas that people have to evaluate in far mode, so they need time and effort to reach the masses. Cryonics could be a religion instead of a technology and still face the same hurdle. Many technologies that were ready for adoption never caught on.