Saturday, December 14, 2019
No mystery
Via Eurekalert:
When people learn that a charitable contribution they earmarked for a specific project was used for another cause, they feel betrayed - and often punish the charity, new research from Washington State University indicates. Those donors were less likely to give money to the charity in the future or do volunteer work for the organization. They also were more likely to say negative things about the charity, according to the research published in the January 2020 issue of the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research and available online. The findings held true even when their contribution was directed to another worthwhile cause, said Jeff Joireman, a professor in the Department of Marketing and International Business at WSU's Carson College of Business. "The whole idea that a charity could activate a sense of betrayal is quite novel," said Joireman,NOVEL? What in the fuck is wrong with you? "Social science" betrays its alleged purpose 100% of the time. Supposedly "social science" is intended to help us make better decisions and create better lives. In fact "social science" does three things. 1. Trains torturers and runs torture chambers. 2. Spouts bizarre nonsense that contradicts all known facts. 3. Restates wildly obvious tautologies and calls them "science". This particular "finding" falls into the benign but useless category 3. When will grantors and other contributors decide that "social science" betrays all of their intentions? The answer is horrible. Grantors are not betrayed, because government agencies know what they want. They want torturers and manipulators, and "social science" obliges. = = = = = Later and calmer: Good charities already know how this works, and use it to advantage. DonorsChoose is fanatical about maintaining YOUR SPECIFIC INTENTIONS. You donate to one teacher's well-defined project. If the project doesn't reach its goal, the money is NOT sent elsewhere or absorbed in a fungible pool; it goes back into your account, where YOU can choose to send it to another well-defined project. ... Which reminded me that I haven't donated for a while. Found a project that includes soldering, donated.
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