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bonsai_spool | on: Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]
> something many people are hoping to solve in healthcare

Respectfully, the solution is don't smoke, exercise, eat well, sleep, avoid stressors... These aren't easy problems but their solution isn't at the individual patient level and is a simple question of capital and political will.

The 'hope' envisages a product to temporize the solution while extracting large payments.

necovek | parent
Nope, I believe you are wrong: a path where we, for example, forbid smoking because the statistics point at it correlating with many health problems, is a world where we use the same statistical tool to prescribe human behavior to the last detail. It is not just about smoking, alcohol, late night dancing, switching sex partners, fast driving on a track, paragliding, skydiving, climbing, car driving, bicycle driving, motor biking, even staying late for astronomical observations (sleep patterns?)... all carry insignificant risk when looked at statistically.

> ...avoid stressors...

Most stress is caused by a conflict between our expectations/motivations and the reality (everyone else's).

bonsai_spool | root | parent
> forbid smoking because the statistics point at it correlating with many health problems, is a world where we use the same statistical tool to prescribe human behavior to the last detail.

I had a really great egg for breakfast. This now means I will never eat anything else besides eggs.

Also, I realized that cars run better with oil changes every 3 months or 5,000 miles. Because shorter was better, we should all start changing oil daily.

The best player in the basketball game last week was over 7'4" tall. I guess I need to discourage anyone who isn't that tall from playing ever.

Do you see why banning smoking is a good idea?

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