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this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025
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I think it would be a lot easier to train humans to stop throwing cigarette butts on the ground
Or even to train other humans to tell humans not to do that
Or train other humans to penalize, threaten or punish other humans who throw cigarette butts on the ground
That's what we've tried for hundreds of years and it didn't work.
Turns out it's easier to turn to a more intelligent species ๐
I think it would be really hard. The humans in charge of humans would just form some sort of in-group and stop enforcing the original rule.
I think they probably would have tried that one first.
How would that be easier?
Make it so that if humans throw away their own garbage, as a treat no one is gonna spit in their face