Sure. That still doesn’t answer the question of who does hear about it. We could just say that 1% of people who read SF have heard about it, but then my experience is hard to explain—I hadn’t read all that much SF by age 11. It seems quite reasonable to say that the 10 years that the Internet existed between me and Harry was decisive, but I’m asking what variables explain the difference between two SF readers, only one of whom has heard of cryonics.
Uhm—an personal experience like this holds approximately zero data about its own frequency. The sheer number of things you encounter and learn about while growing up, and the universe of learning are both so vast that if your exploration of the library strays from the beaten path of school assignments, bestsellers and nigh-compulsory classics at all, you will learn many, many things which only small minorities have also encountered.
Well, how did you hear about it? I didn’t (or didn’t see it as a real possibility) until I read a mostly non-fiction book by Robert Anton Wilson, long after the age of 11.
Sure. That still doesn’t answer the question of who does hear about it. We could just say that 1% of people who read SF have heard about it, but then my experience is hard to explain—I hadn’t read all that much SF by age 11. It seems quite reasonable to say that the 10 years that the Internet existed between me and Harry was decisive, but I’m asking what variables explain the difference between two SF readers, only one of whom has heard of cryonics.
Uhm—an personal experience like this holds approximately zero data about its own frequency. The sheer number of things you encounter and learn about while growing up, and the universe of learning are both so vast that if your exploration of the library strays from the beaten path of school assignments, bestsellers and nigh-compulsory classics at all, you will learn many, many things which only small minorities have also encountered.
Well, how did you hear about it? I didn’t (or didn’t see it as a real possibility) until I read a mostly non-fiction book by Robert Anton Wilson, long after the age of 11.
I can’t recall at this distance.