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Yup, although be careful not to engage too heavily with this argument. “What did our predecessors do before we had houses and made these kinds of beds?” is an i
by colechristensen 4y ago
Yup, although be careful not to engage too heavily with this argument. “What did our predecessors do before we had houses and made these kinds of beds?” is an interesting question and it’s important to not get hung up on wording that isn’t the focus of the question.
At some point before we started controlling our environments to whatever level interests a scientist, our ancestors lived different lives, ate, slept, socialized, whatever… in much different ways. There might be things to learn from that. That’s not to say that what some hominid was doing a million years ago was the right thing to do, but being curious and having answers is valuable.
- giantg2 4y agoAnd, what may be implied in your statement, the things we do today may not be right either. Like how one year studies say eggs are bad for you and the next they say they are good. I think there's a lot of settled science that is less settled than we think, or is at least misapplied/misinterpreted.
- colechristensen 4y ago"right" is a value judgement that just doesn't have a place in choices as complex as how a person should live and fulfill basic necessities. There just isn't one way that's the only way to do things, there's no optimum life, no strict ordering of "this > that" and thinking of things along the lines of "good for you vs. bad for you" is the wrong metaphor.
- giantg2 4y agoYet that's exactly what many studies set out to do - influence/force people through medical counseling, policy, or law.