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Science May Soon Give Us Pills That Make Us Exercise
- tazzy531 14y agoIsn't this called cocaine?
- deleted 14y ago[deleted]
- jarin 14y agoNah, ephedra.
- hcurtiss 14y agoamphetamines.
- Samuel_Michon 14y agohttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/
- guscost 14y agoSomeone had to say it...
- scrrr 14y agoI wonder if the result is the same feeling that I have if I don't do any sports for too many days. I really look forward to that bike trip then, or to the gym. If that can be put into a pill, why not. But I also believe that the key to fight mass obesity is a change of mindset in society. Not sure how this is achieved, but education on certain topics might help. Or role models that say the right things. Even if those things are not politically correct sometimes. But then again, would that sell the product those role models are selling?
- zxcvvcxz 14y agoAgree with the change in mindset sentiment. Using a pill to fight obesity is sort of like fighting consumerism with more consumerism.
- Cushman 14y agoIsn't it more like fighting consumerism with replicators? It doesn't solve the root issue of people having desires based on material things, and it's not necessarily going to make them happier, but at least it solves the immediate symptom of people dying.
- eswangren 14y agoRight, sO if it works what does a person's mindset matter?
- ohhmaagawd 14y agoIf the pill works with to significant downsides, who cares?
- mistercow 14y agoThat analogy is nonsense.
- rewind 14y agoYou're bang-on. A lot of overweight people go for a walk or a light jog every day and genuinely try. But they only burn a few hundred calories, then turn around and eat a Quarter Pounder with fries and Coke and think they're coming out ahead. You can lose weight by not exercising but eating less than you burn. But you can't lose weight by exercising and eating more than you burn. A pill won't help this.
- beagle3 14y agoThe "calories in - calories out" is so inaccurate it isn't even funny. You have documented counter examples at both ends (people who do not consume a lot and remain fat, and people who consume a whole lot and yet remain lean). It describes 60% of the population reasonably well, and fails miserably for 10% or so. It is a useful tool, but it is an unscientific approximation.
- cdooh 14y agoAren't we overmedicated enough already?
- mistercow 14y agoOn what basis do you make that judgment? Does the amount of medication people take simply offend your aesthetic sensibilities, or do you actually have documented side-effects you'd like to discuss.
- Cushman 14y agoThanks for asking: We are not. Even in the United States, undiagnosed and untreated illness, especially mental illness, is a far more prevalent and far costlier problem than the inverse. Data shows this conclusively. Anecdotal experience, whether your own or that which you may have read in an email forward somewhere, has no bearing on that.
- rsanchez1 14y agoEverything has to be solved with pills.
- VMG 14y agoWhat makes the author think that the new drug wouldn't be illegal? Behavior-altering medication like this isn't common or available now, why would it be in a few years?