Comment on Open thread, Oct. 13 - Oct. 19, 2014

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 23:54:24 GMT

I honestly couldn't say.

I feel that's a major issue you'll have to face.

For an example of an obvious case of homo sapiens being led into things against his best interest consider smoking.

Sure. People have smoked a variety of dried plants (including but not limited to tobacco and marijuana) for a very long time. Much, much longer than advertising has been around. So, what's the "best interest" here, who decides what it is, and who "leads" people into something against their best interest?

Note, by the way, that if you honestly can't say who decides what's in a person's best interest (other than herself, of course) then the phrase "It is extremely rare that smoking is in anyone's best interest" doesn't mean anything.

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