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Yes there's a big risk, because as we all know, humans are very predictable machines : once you teach them something, they consistently act accordingly. We can
by hycaria 9y ago
Yes there's a big risk, because as we all know, humans are very predictable machines : once you teach them something, they consistently act accordingly. We can take as proof tobacco, obesity, sex ed, various addictions and various trendy denials.
- IntronExon 9y agoMany humans would, unless you believe that the tobacco industry spent decades and billlions on FUD, bullshit research, and shady political dealing to keep people in the dark?
- hycaria 9y agoBut since 20 years that this has all been debunked, we luckily have no more new smokers and everyone is working on quitting ! No amount of education can force behaviours into people. Logic is not a shared resource.
- IntronExon 9y agoLogic is not a shared resource. Clearly, given that this is your second round of reduction to the absurd.
- refurb 9y agoPeople have known smoking was harmful since the 1960's.
- IntronExon 9y agoSome people knew, others didn’t. “People know” is a nebulous and misleading concept. Today people know that vaccines are effective without causing autism, but um, yeah. Today people in much of the world don’t know or believe that smoking is harmful, and those places are the emerging markets for tobacco. Besides, there’s knowing, and accepting. See AGW. Edit: to clarify, people can be strongly influenced to disregard what is known in favor of what “feels right” or serves their perceived interests. Simply instilling knowledge in the absence of the ability to critically examine said knowledge is insufficient.