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Average people will ignore it until economy of scale kicks in

Even if it doesn't do shit if it is cheap enough people will buy it

And only when abundant enough will people start messing with the tech and rebel against it's premise by doing new things that hadn't been conceived before

Maybe parkinson's could be smelt by it

Or maybe someone smells the moon with one

We might start sniffing black holes next and find out we have a wagging tailbone and then realise