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Scientists trusted less than businessmen when discussing social issues, study finds (www.manchester.ac.uk)
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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 102 points 2 days ago (1 children)
  • people are very stupid and gullible, on average, and groups of people even moreso
  • business people have (or are) marketing people, which is effectively the discipline of socially engineering people to buy your shit
[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

For the guys that get their opinions from businessmen:

  • you ooga booga as fuck, dum dum
  • businessman manipulate yo ooga booga ass wid fancy word