Timeline for How to convince people to teleport themselves?
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 18:16 | comment | added | Schwern | @mattdm It isn't about whether it will come up, it's where the focus lies. Don't shine a spotlight on the metaphysical questions. I think most folks' thoughts on religion follow the mainstream message. If it's "sky god loves you" well isn't that nice. If it's "follow sky god's rules because some old book tells you to" that's going to make people think. Same with a transporter. If you focus on "this is a device that kills you and creates a new copy somewhere else" than people will think. If it's "this will transport you instantly wherever you want" they won't focus on the metaphysical. | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 13:08 | comment | added | mattdm | I don't think this is true. Substitute "religious" for "philosophical", and I think you'll find a great number of people spend a great deal of time thinking and talking about issues that are closely related. It may be that the majority of people don't think deeply about it, and just listen to leaders and follow traditions — but that really just makes it worse. If you don't bring it up, someone else will. | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 4:38 | history | edited | Schwern | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2016 at 23:10 | history | answered | Schwern | CC BY-SA 3.0 |