That seems at least plausible, but it doesn’t refute the harm done by religion (and of course discounts any indirect damage done to atheists’ thinking by widespread theism). To counter one anecdote with another: The fact is that most atheists don’t know how accessible cryonics is. By mentioning that fact alone (very truly alone, along the lines of “cryonics is actually pretty accessible, google it”), I’ve peaked the interest of at least two atheists I know.
So in terms of cryonics awareness, I suppose you could make the argument that it’s not so much religion itself hindering it, as it is lack of atheist (or rationalist) connectivity. But atheist connectivity is obviously inhibited by the dominance of theism.
Also, since a >1 atheist/theist sign-up ratio would at least point to an “easy” set of people that would sign up in the absence of religion, any increase in that ratio directly opposes the notion that religion isn’t preventing adoption. I fully expect this ratio to climb in the near future as full ignorance of cryonics burns itself out.
I’m not confident that religion is the primary factor preventing adoption when plain ignorance seems to be playing such a large role, but it certainly seems non-negligible, especially moving forward.
That seems at least plausible, but it doesn’t refute the harm done by religion (and of course discounts any indirect damage done to atheists’ thinking by widespread theism). To counter one anecdote with another: The fact is that most atheists don’t know how accessible cryonics is. By mentioning that fact alone (very truly alone, along the lines of “cryonics is actually pretty accessible, google it”), I’ve peaked the interest of at least two atheists I know.
So in terms of cryonics awareness, I suppose you could make the argument that it’s not so much religion itself hindering it, as it is lack of atheist (or rationalist) connectivity. But atheist connectivity is obviously inhibited by the dominance of theism.
Also, since a >1 atheist/theist sign-up ratio would at least point to an “easy” set of people that would sign up in the absence of religion, any increase in that ratio directly opposes the notion that religion isn’t preventing adoption. I fully expect this ratio to climb in the near future as full ignorance of cryonics burns itself out.
I’m not confident that religion is the primary factor preventing adoption when plain ignorance seems to be playing such a large role, but it certainly seems non-negligible, especially moving forward.