It's not just that people just don't like change (unless it's the coin kind).
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
It has nothing to do with fondness of the change itself.
Societys understanding of where money comes from is the real challenge.
Well, among other things, yes. Additionally, what I find weird is when people ask me how Bitcoin works exactly (in-depth) when they don't even understand how the monetary system that they're using works at all.