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1. Cathal Garvey (cathal@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 04-Jun-2018 09:13:40 UTC Cathal Garvey

   As a marketing tactic, fear is amazing because it spreads itself. It's hardly surprising that Organic has been such a marketing success story.
   If regulations hadn't hit back at "alternative medicine" making medical claims, their fear-based marketing might have shredded trust in real medicine like Organic has shredded trust in nonideological farming.
   Without "regulating all the things", a poor outcome in itself, how do we counter this natural social bias toward trusting fear?

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   • Cathal Garvey (cathal@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 04-Jun-2018 09:15:26 UTC Cathal Garvey

     Also can we kill organic so that there're room in the public consciousness for an actually environmentally sound farming movement/brand?
     Oh shit I just fell into the revolutionary trap of assuming the replacement will be better..

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   • Cathal Garvey (cathal@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 04-Jun-2018 10:46:56 UTC Cathal Garvey

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     @Antanicus And, it may amuse you to learn that when I say these things (no patents, more design for permaculture and nutrition) to other science advocates, they often immediately assume I'm against GE and science generally. The effect cuts me both ways: everyone things I'm the other camp. Me, I hate camps.

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