I’m actually going to disagree, though we are going off topic. I think it takes education and understanding more than it takes will power. I tried to diet on sheer willpower–and I have LOTS of willpower–and for over 20 years it never really worked for any meaningful length of time. The problem was that I kept trying to change my lifestyle to what I thought should work, and when it didn’t, I blamed myself for being weak. A year ago, I figured out that the problem was with the plan, not with me, and I figured out a lifestyle that was lower calorie but that I liked as much as the old one. I’ve lost a great deal of weight since then. I am not saying that it was easy, but it was a pain in the ass instead of an epic drama.
I really think obesity is more often a function of ignorance of options than of laziness of character. And those are very different things.
Except that if only 5% of people managed to take penicillin correctly, we’d probably acknowledge that we needed to change the delivery system instead of blaming the 95% for being weak and stupid.
I agree that diet and exercise is the key, but that’s like saying “pills are the cure for gonorrhea”. We need to refine it somewhat before it’s really useful.
“All humans are equal” does not mean “all humans have identical talents, skills, and ability.” It means “All persons should be treated as equals in terms of the way the law is applied to them.” It’s something we aspire to.
A.) Diet and exercise are is a wonderful “cure” for obesity. The lie is actually the opposite: that pills and milkshakes and electrodes and whatever else work.
B.) This seems like a weird (if even provable in any way, which it probably isn’t) nitpick, not a Great Lie perpetrated on humanity.
C.) Seriously? I’ll grant the possibility that a single historical Jesus of Nazareth didn’t exist, but he was not an astrological metaphor. Zeitgeist the Movie is a work of fiction.
