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Ultimately, a good number of people will want "the real thing", even if it is virtually identical. There are plenty of people who think lab grown diamonds are i
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
Ultimately, a good number of people will want "the real thing", even if it is virtually identical. There are plenty of people who think lab grown diamonds are illegitimate, despite having the exact same chemical composition as mined diamonds. For the rich and powerful, the Ivory is more important as a status symbol than anything else. Synthetic Ivory is effectively useless as a signal.
Plus, there are people out there who sincerely believe that Ivory works as an ingredient in medicine and they will seek it out.
- joe_the_user 5y agoSynthetic ivory is great as a signal if it's indistinguishable and you lie about it's origins. But a lot of people want to/need-to "signal themselves". Which reminds me, I'm not sure why cops don't try to move fake ivory into black markets, have sting operations where once they catch a dealer, instead of arresting them, force them to sell their fake ivory, undercut the market enough that poachers have incentive. Probably China isn't that concerned about the problem.