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What he is saying is, the fact that hundreds of billions of dollars get spent on advertising IS the proof. That's the evidence. Companies don't waste money for
by stale2002 9y ago
What he is saying is, the fact that hundreds of billions of dollars get spent on advertising IS the proof.
That's the evidence. Companies don't waste money for no reason. And so the only reason that they could be spending this amount of money is because it works.
So yes I'd say that this type of argument counts as a "proof".
- verylittlemeat 9y agoIt's not really any kind of proof. I don't want to clutter up the thread with identical content so I'll just link you to my reply. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16674883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16674883
- wpietri 9y agoI agree entirely that it's a total waste from the societal perspective (which is why I say we should ban it). But it can be very effective from the individual advertiser's point of view. That's true of any arms race. I believe that tomrod is claiming the latter is also false.