Re: Obesity (was Extropic Priniciples)

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 20:38:31 MST

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    Dickey, Michael F wrote:
    > On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
    >
    >
    >>So, *why* the blazes is the ExI list debating IRAQ when
    >>it should be debating caloric intake? ...
    >
    > -------------
    >
    > I personally think the most extropic thing extropians could do in regards to
    > the obesity 'problem' is to create a simple, inexpensive, and attractive
    > manner for the average person to easily overcome their obesity problem.
    > This has all-ready been solved in concept in a suggestion I saw another list
    > member make, I believe it was Spike but I am not positive...
    >
    > Michael Dickey

    In a way analogous to NASAs faster, better, cheaper,
    I can do simple and inexpensive, but the following may
    lack in the attractive department:

    Self discipline. Let us not be afraid to propose it.
    There are those on this list with gobs of self discipline,
    sufficient to lose 35 pounds, sufficient to avoid destructive
    financial and sexual behaviors, etc. In general, I would
    suggest that intelligence may be at least loosely correlated
    with self-discipline, and I know there is plenty of spare
    intelligence floating around on extropians, which is why
    I have been reading it all these years.

    Friends, I know it aint "hip" or "grooovy" but for now,
    until a scientific miracle occurs, CR is all we have,
    and self discipline is the only way we have to make CR
    happen, so get discipine and make it happen. spike

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