Medicine works if you get athlete's foot or asthma or if you need blood thinners or antibiotics... and occasionally there is a Lorenzo's oil sort of story. So

Medicine works if you get athlete's foot or asthma or if you need blood thinners or antibiotics... and occasionally there is a Lorenzo's oil sort of story. So you're telling this guy to pray to the medical gods that someone will come up with a miracle cure which he can magically ingest in pill form and then go back to a normal life. This view dramatically oversimplifies the human body. One achieves health by eating a nutritious diet, exercising vigorously, by breathing clean air and drinking clean water and by having a calm and focused mental state. Only then can the body's complex systems function properly. You fall into the Cartesian trap of mind/body dualism. It's all the same material. If you're not exercising vigorously, eating a superb diet, relishing and enjoying life, and enriching relationships with people you care about you are simply not going to be as well/healthy as you could be. I imagine the medical technology of the future will actually be machines that twist the patient into yoga poses. Eventually we'll even see machines designed to trigger the adrenaline response of surfing a big wave or fucking a hot person, etc. All in the name of healing. Don't knock it unless you've lived it. Try it for just 30 days. Eat tropical fruit and rice and beans, exercise a lot, swim in the ocean every day, read for pleasure, plan some surprises.... and then take a moment and observe how you feel. Since we cannot instantly experience the impact of lifestyle, our brains average our experience and we don't realize how horrible life actually is in our unfit, unhealthy bodies... we have a hunch, though, which is why we define ourselves only on the basis of what is above the neck.