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You're also describing the scare mongering that was employed against cannabis for the past 70 years. Unfortunately, overstating a risk is eventually perceived
by LordKano 11y ago
You're also describing the scare mongering that was employed against cannabis for the past 70 years.
Unfortunately, overstating a risk is eventually perceived to be a lie. People stop trusting you when you're perceived to be a liar.
- kbenson 11y ago> Unfortunately, overstating a risk is eventually perceived to be a lie. Unfortunately? Overstating risk is a lie. We can't be informed consumers without trusted sources of information. If we can't be informed consumers the market will always be inefficient. The market will tend towards more efficiency, so in this case people will discount untrustworthy information sources. If you want to change behavior, either increase (correct) market information if it will support your goal, or incentivize. Manipulating markets by reducing or confusing information never seems to work out well in the long run.
- LordKano 11y agoWhen I see the claims made, I usually see weasel words attached(I just did that too). With the result being that a statement can be factually accurate while being completely misleading.