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> Going by revealed preferences, most people don't consider targeting advertising to be "spying and psychological manipulation". If they did, usage patters woul
by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
> Going by revealed preferences, most people don't consider targeting advertising to be "spying and psychological manipulation". If they did, usage patters would differ.
By this logic most people don't actually believe cigarettes are harmful, if they did then usage patterns would differ
- astrange 4y agoNicotine is actually very effective for schizophrenics, works better than most of the actual medicines. It’s the smoking part that’s bad for you.
- e_i_pi_2 4y agoGwern has an interesting writeup[1] on nicotine and how the real damage is from the smoking [1]: https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine