I think the same goes for present day inventions. The fact that Yudkowsky invented a way to cure his wife’s SAD by putting up enough lamps doesn’t mean that the invention immeditately spreads to everybody.
In The legend of healthcare, Michael Vassar makes the case that even through medical books talk about the invention of using mirrors for treating pantom limb pain, the treatment usually isn’t used and doctors rather give painkillers.
It would be quite easy for our civilisations to forget the invention.
I think the same goes for present day inventions. The fact that Yudkowsky invented a way to cure his wife’s SAD by putting up enough lamps doesn’t mean that the invention immeditately spreads to everybody.
In The legend of healthcare, Michael Vassar makes the case that even through medical books talk about the invention of using mirrors for treating pantom limb pain, the treatment usually isn’t used and doctors rather give painkillers.
It would be quite easy for our civilisations to forget the invention.