“(I strongly suspect that a major part of science’s PR problem in the population at large is people who instinctively believe that if knowledge is given away for free, it cannot be important. If you had to undergo a fearsome initiation ritual to be told the truth about evolution, maybe people would be more satisfied with the answer.)” (Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rationality)

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Scarcity and value, Undervaluing science due to ease of access

“(I strongly suspect that a major part of science’s PR problem in the population at large is people who instinctively believe that if knowledge is given away for free, it cannot be important. If you had to undergo a fearsome initiation ritual to be told the truth about evolution, maybe people would be more satisfied with the answer.)” (Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rationality)

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Scarcity and value, Undervaluing science due to ease of access