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Maybe you should be worshipping the sun. Morning sunlight exposure is associated with all kinds of health benefits, not least of which producing Vitamin D, an e

Maybe you should be worshipping the sun. Morning sunlight exposure is associated with all kinds of health benefits, not least of which producing Vitamin D, an essential vitamin that, among other things, provides vital protection against certain circulating diseases... Maybe you should also live everyday as though the possibility of the sun never rising again were real, then maybe you might get busy doing those important things in your life. Again, tradition is smarter than you.

criley2 4y ago
You can develop a days worth of vitamin D in 15 minutes (or simply supplement it for the same benefits), meanwhile excessive sun exposure is correlated with all manner of health problems, not the least of which is cancer. People who spend more time outdoors tend to die younger. Again, progress trumps tradition.
- codemonkey-zeta 4y ago
  Imagining a life of merely 15 minutes outside sounds miserable. It's also about the psychological benefits of sunlight exposure.
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- throwaway202022 4y ago
  > People who spend more time outdoors tend to die younger. Source for this? Searching for the claim only turned up results saying more time outdoors is associated with better long-term health outcomes. Also: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/heres-something-unexpected-sunbathers-live-longer-201606069738 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/heres-something-unexpect...
  - uoaei 4y ago
    People who spend all their time indoors (in front of screens) will seek to justify their lifestyles, just as those who spend their time outdoors will seek to justify theirs. There is nothing rational about pre-supposing that your personal habits represent some sort of optimium: it is only through careful study that benefits and costs may be determined.
klyrs 4y ago
With that argument, you might hope to convince me to spend more time in the sun. Not worship it. But no, as somebody with usually-moderate, sometimes-acute photosensitivity, even your usually-correct conventional wisdom isn't what the doctor orders in my case.
- uoaei 4y ago
  Tradition operates on statistical averages, not special cases. You are ignored by tradition. If that is a personal offense to you, you may benefit from discerning exactly why that is, and whether that reaction is an expression of tradition subverting your animalistic impulses for greater aims.

criley2 4y ago

You can develop a days worth of vitamin D in 15 minutes (or simply supplement it for the same benefits), meanwhile excessive sun exposure is correlated with all manner of health problems, not the least of which is cancer. People who spend more time outdoors tend to die younger. Again, progress trumps tradition.

codemonkey-zeta 4y ago
Imagining a life of merely 15 minutes outside sounds miserable. It's also about the psychological benefits of sunlight exposure.
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throwaway202022 4y ago
> People who spend more time outdoors tend to die younger. Source for this? Searching for the claim only turned up results saying more time outdoors is associated with better long-term health outcomes. Also: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/heres-something-unexpected-sunbathers-live-longer-201606069738 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/heres-something-unexpect...
- uoaei 4y ago
  People who spend all their time indoors (in front of screens) will seek to justify their lifestyles, just as those who spend their time outdoors will seek to justify theirs. There is nothing rational about pre-supposing that your personal habits represent some sort of optimium: it is only through careful study that benefits and costs may be determined.

klyrs 4y ago

With that argument, you might hope to convince me to spend more time in the sun. Not worship it. But no, as somebody with usually-moderate, sometimes-acute photosensitivity, even your usually-correct conventional wisdom isn't what the doctor orders in my case.

uoaei 4y ago
Tradition operates on statistical averages, not special cases. You are ignored by tradition. If that is a personal offense to you, you may benefit from discerning exactly why that is, and whether that reaction is an expression of tradition subverting your animalistic impulses for greater aims.