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Appeal to nature

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  • Do you think rich countries care more about natural products than poor countries?
  • Do we downplay the role of science in our daily lives?
  • What undermines (= weakens / damages) your trust in a brand the most?
  • What does the word "pure" actually mean to you? Is it just a marketing trick?
  • Why are people willing to eradicate (= eliminate / get rid of) GMOs but totally fine with cross-breeding plants, which is also unnatural?
  • Should influencers be held accountable for promoting natural products?
  • Why do you think people often recoil at (= react negatively to / are repulsed by) words like "chemical" or "synthetic" but trust vague terms like "clean" or "natural"?
  • Why do you think so many people fall for (= believe / be deceived by) the appeal to nature even when there's no scientific evidence to back it up?
  • When you're shopping, do you rely on intuition or do you actually read the ingredients list?
  • Why do you think so many cleaning products show green leaves and flowers when they're full of chemicals?
  • Who has more credibility (= trustworthiness / reliability) — a scientist or an influencer promoting natural products?
  • Have you ever experienced adverse effects from switching to a "healthier" product?
  • Would you substitute your favourite natural skincare for a synthetic one if it worked better?
  • Why is it so hard to validate what's really in our products?
  • How do influencers gloss over (= hide / ignore / cover up) the truth about what they're promoting?
  • Does the appeal to nature have profound implications (= deep consequences / significant effects) for public health?
  • If humans come from nature, why isn't everything we do considered natural?
  • How can we foster (= encourage / develop) critical thinking in consumers?
  • Is anything inherently superior just because it's natural?
  • What makes a product appear inferior to you — the label, the price, or the reputation?
  • What's the difference between "natural" and "organic" — do you even know? Does it matter to you?
  • Why do you think our generation is so obsessed with (= fixated on / preoccupied with) "clean eating" and "clean living"? Is it a trend or something ingrained (= deeply rooted / entrenched)?
  • "Natural" is a poorly defined term (= vague / unclear) and slippery (= ambiguous / hard to pin down).
  • Does social media reinforce the belief that natural is better?
  • What innovation are you most reluctant to embrace (= hesitant to accept / unwilling to adopt)?
  • Do you feel tempted by (= attracted to / drawn to) products that pass themselves off as (= pretend to be / falsely claim to be) authentic or traditional? What makes them appealing?
  • Golden rice was scientifically proven safe and could save lives, yet people opposed it because it was "unnatural." What does this tell us about human psychology?
  • Why is it counterintuitive (= goes against instinct / unexpected) for people to trust synthetic medicine over herbal remedies?
  • Does advertising distort our understanding of health?
  • When you're in the supermarket, do you actually read labels or do you just grab what looks "healthy"?
  • What loopholes (= gaps in regulations / legal tricks) do you think brands use the most?
  • Who do you think has the biggest stake in (= interest in / investment in) keeping the "natural" myth alive — brands, influencers, or consumers?
  • If brands couldn't use the word "natural" anymore, what word would they substitute (= replace it with) instead?
  • Are our biases about natural products ingrained from childhood?
  • If your doctor prescribed something synthetic but your friend recommended a natural alternative, who would you listen to?
  • Is it ethical to call something "natural" when it's mostly made in a lab?
  • Is it our responsibility to confront misinformation (= challenge false information / fight fake news), or should platforms do it?
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