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Indirect causation is still causation. Two people have heart-attacks in middle age after eating cheeseburgers their whole lives. One of them doesn't have heal
by eli_gottlieb 11y ago
Indirect causation is still causation.
Two people have heart-attacks in middle age after eating cheeseburgers their whole lives. One of them doesn't have health-insurance, and dies, perhaps having never even received good health advice from a yearly check-up. The other is well-off, and so gets stabilized in the hospital and eventually provided with heart surgery (and a whole load of admonishments regarding lifestyle).
- ZenoArrow 11y agoAs I said before, it's about the cultural norms, which is exactly what you've just described. For an example showing that money and cultural norms are not necessarily linked, take a look at Ikaria: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forget-to-die.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-...
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoWhat cultural norms? We're talking about two men who made exactly the same bad lifestyle choices. And I know a number of living candidates to be both these guys!