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So true. Nowadays many of us believe both that we have no free will and that losing weight is just a matter of diet and exercise.

• taneq 9y ago
  These aren't conflicting positions. :)
  • phkahler 9y ago
    True, but one of them is unfortunately common. Some people desperately want to change their harmful behaviors and just can't. I know someone who just had their teeth removed after 30+ years of an eating disorder (acid destroys teeth over time).
  • truculation 9y ago
    The way I see it either (1) I can will to change my diet and exercise. In which case my will is free, OR (2) I can't will it. In which case, given that some people have successfully made the change, factors other than diet and exercise must have been involved, so it can't 'just' be a matter of diet and exercise.
    • taneq 9y ago
      In case 2, losing weight is still down to diet and exercise, it's just that these options aren't currently available to you. Neither of these options is at the root of the causal tree (if you can will to change your diet an exercise, there's a reason why) but they're both required at some level.
• lawlessone 9y ago
  >Nowadays many of us believe both that we have no free will I think the difference between nowadays and the past, isn't so much attitude as it is food abundance. It's easy to blame individuals and say they need more self control. but the reality is we're at a place in history we have likely never been in before.