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Maybe it's more a lack of access to modern scientific knowledge than 'craziness'.
by rdmcfee 11y ago
Maybe it's more a lack of access to modern scientific knowledge than 'craziness'.
- 31reasons 11y agoSince when access to scientific knowledge stopped people from believing pseudo-science ?
- berberous 11y agoAre the main customers for items like this the poor and uneducated, or the wealthier segments of Asian society with plenty of access to modern scientific knowledge? Also, I wouldn't be surprised if it's analogous to the Dr. Oz / anti-vaccine set in the U.S. Those people have access to all the knowledge they could want, but you still couldn't shake their misguided beliefs out of them.
- 31reasons 11y agoRhino horns = illegal and dangerous = very expensive = rich buyers.
- DanBC 11y agohttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/16/rhino-horn-demand-in-vietnam-drops-by-more-than-33-in-one-year http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/16/rhino-hor... This article appears to support you. Letting people know that rhino horn is not medicine reduced the numbers of people wanting to buy rhino horn.
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- DanBC 11y agohttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/16/rhino-horn-demand-in-vietnam-drops-by-more-than-33-in-one-year http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/16/rhino-hor... This article appears to support you. Letting people know that rhino horn is not medicine reduced the numbers of people wanting to buy rhino horn.
- TheGrassyKnoll 11y agoI was hoping the introduction of Viagra etc. would stop this nonsense.