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To me it is because this just traps you into constantly using the drug instead of adapting to the fact that you have gotten older and should eat less.
by jeltz 12y ago
To me it is because this just traps you into constantly using the drug instead of adapting to the fact that you have gotten older and should eat less.
- function_seven 12y agoBut what exactly about that situation makes it worse? Let's assume for a moment that a therapy exists that is funtionally identical to proper diet. It seems that each person could choose to weigh the costs of the drug vs. the increased enjoyment of eating whatever, or vs. the decreased time spent at a gym. The way things work today, you're right. People "should eat less". It used to be that if you didn't want children, then you shouldn't have sex. Thankfully we have a wide variety of options that allow us to decouple sex from reproduction. I don't see why we shouldn't also have options to decouple eating from getting fat.
- jeltz 12y agoBut it is not identical to a proper diet. You still need to keep one despite this medicine, it is just a slightly larger diet.
- arasmussen 12y ago"you have gotten older and should eat less" isn't a fact, it's an assumption baked into society's mind based on how aging has worked in the past. This breakthrough could break that assumption. In that case, some people (adopters) will internalize that and some people won't.
- baddox 12y agoI would much rather use a drug than eat less for the rest of my life.