Piggybacking off of this to say that I recently looked at a lot of scientific literature on protests (for this post, although that post doesnât address the relevant evidence), and my current position is
there is only limited evidence on whether the âthrowing soup at paintingsâ genre of protests is effective
if anything, the evidence suggests that it has a positive effect
I wouldnât confidently say that it has a positive effect, but I certainly wouldnât confidently say thatâs counterproductive, either, because the (very weak) evidence goes the other direction.
I admit I donât have peer-reviewed double-blind longitudinal randomized controlled trials testing the efficacy of attempting to destroy van gogh paintings as a sympathetic means of raising support for climate change. Only common sense.
âThrowing soup at van gogh paintings have none of these attributes, so it is counter-productive.â
Whatâs the evidence it was counterproductive?
Piggybacking off of this to say that I recently looked at a lot of scientific literature on protests (for this post, although that post doesnât address the relevant evidence), and my current position is
there is only limited evidence on whether the âthrowing soup at paintingsâ genre of protests is effective
if anything, the evidence suggests that it has a positive effect
I wouldnât confidently say that it has a positive effect, but I certainly wouldnât confidently say thatâs counterproductive, either, because the (very weak) evidence goes the other direction.
I admit I donât have peer-reviewed double-blind longitudinal randomized controlled trials testing the efficacy of attempting to destroy van gogh paintings as a sympathetic means of raising support for climate change. Only common sense.