tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424144.post3823669482833227336..comments2023-11-02T04:18:45.711-07:00Comments on blogfish: Inhaling fearMark Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121566220326246265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424144.post-51862545921301726952008-12-13T06:19:00.000-08:002008-12-13T06:19:00.000-08:00Fear and facts are both relatively weak motivators...Fear and facts are both relatively weak motivators. People like us severely underestimate the importance of examples and peer pressure. I wrote a blog post on how this affects smoking back in February.<BR/><BR/>http://waterwordsthatwork.com/2008/05/27/washington-post-peers-profoundly-influence-behavior/<BR/><BR/>The takeaway is that smoking rates have falled because smokers want to avoid being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424144.post-81034999010348392572008-12-13T04:36:00.000-08:002008-12-13T04:36:00.000-08:00Do the smoking ads work to prevent young people fr...Do the smoking ads work to prevent young people from trying it? Has the number of teen smokers declined? <BR/>What I'm getting at is, kids growing up tend to get the message, and they are your best chance at change. They need to be educated about our environment, and exposed to it. Outdoor classroom time, field trips, getting your hands dirty, not computer time in the air conditioning.<BR/>As forLatitude 43https://www.blogger.com/profile/09482326023480150403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424144.post-63209920670422913652008-12-12T21:27:00.000-08:002008-12-12T21:27:00.000-08:00Bit of apples and oranges, or cigarettes and fish....Bit of apples and oranges, or cigarettes and fish. The details of the study are informative and support the analogy, however. <BR/><BR/>Smoking scare stories didn't even activate the part of the brain that register alarm or disapproval. The scare stories didn't even scare. So I worry that overfishing scare stories won't scare either, since they're so much milder than smoking scare stories. <Mark Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333424116503463839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424144.post-53305551711823566402008-12-12T20:40:00.000-08:002008-12-12T20:40:00.000-08:00i like the analogy you're trying to make here mark...i like the analogy you're trying to make here mark... but a bit of apples and oranges, wouldn't you agree? <BR/><BR/>nicotine is an addictive, albeit licit, chemical... while scare tactics may have failed to deter smokers, it's not a simple matter of simply just saying no and seeing reason when chemical receptors in the brain are jonseing for the next fix...<BR/><BR/>i'm not arguing in favor of Up Welnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212405859751282835noreply@blogger.com