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Also, probably could to have some sort of multiple-person activity in ones schedule that isn't work (c.f. church attendance dropping faster than religiosity).
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Exercise is maintenance of the body. Maintenance of any machine is productive.
No it's not. Some machines are too far lost to put worthwhile effort into.
Hell, most legal stimulants are appetite suppressants anyway. There are always options. Comparing humans to machines is probably one of the most bizarre expressions of materialism/physicalism I have ever seen on here. The analogy is also quite poor, the human body is far more complex than even our greatest machines.
Let me die in peace. For some reason, it is always assumed that everyone wants to live as long as possible. If you don't have a cola each day, you can dribble into a towel for another 3 years when you are older.... No thanks, Ill take the coke. put it on the reapers tab.
That's why to me a Coke is also a poor investment in the present, all things considered. Not to mention that the craving for one is quite situational.
If we have always been lazy, why is there now an obesity epidemic? It seems to me that means the cause of obesity lies elsewhere.
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I've never heard of a university having mandatory PE. Sounds ridiculous to me. University students are adults, they can decide for themselves if they want to exercise.
Hmm, Soldiers are adults, but they usually have mandatory PE. But I suppose they are volunteers. If only our students weren't conscripted into their educations.
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No it's not. Some machines are too far lost to put worthwhile effort into.
That's why we upgrade machines (either through pharmaceuticals, and soon, I suspect, gene therapy. Introduce the caloric restriction gene and suddenly the urge to eat uncontrollably goes away.) Hell, most legal stimulants are appetite suppressants anyway. There are always options. Comparing humans to machines is probably one of the most bizarre expressions of materialism/physicalism I have ever seen on here. The anal…
For now at least. Progress is slow, but we work on making more complex machines all the time. Also, I have a nagging feeling that we tend to underestimate the quality/complexity of machines and overestimate that of our bodies, probably due to some "we must respect nature/evolution/god/.." beliefs. Human bodies are very lacking in some respects, and it shows.
Harvard "needs to reopen a discussion about…a physical-education requirement." It's been said that "love is a better master than duty," and requiring college students to take a physical education course sounds like a duty. If you want people to exercise without coercion for the rest of their lives, I think you have to tap into intrinsic motivation, i.e., the unique things that get you excited. Depending on your perso…
Much of what we do started out by being forced to do it. We keep doing it out of habit, social pressure, and in many cases the belief that it is a good thing (brushing our teeth, eating healthy, etc.), but it's often force, habit, and social pressure ('ew, you don't shower regularly?') that got us there in the first place. Most of it is not default behavior.
Similarly, I think mandatory exercise could be very effective in normalizing exercise, which is a very important step in getting more people do do so.
Of course, the exact implementation matters a great deal. But stating that it will backfire strikes me as a unwarranted conclusion.
EDIT: also, exercise, unlike many other healthy things and unlike many things that we are forced to do, is actually fun and even addictive.
Harvard "needs to reopen a discussion about…a physical-education requirement." It's been said that "love is a better master than duty," and requiring college students to take a physical education course sounds like a duty. If you want people to exercise without coercion for the rest of their lives, I think you have to tap into intrinsic motivation, i.e., the unique things that get you excited. Depending on your perso…
A good example is the armed forces, where recruits are forced into a very regimented routine.
My father was in the marines, and by his description they turned him from someone who lacked discipline and was not fit into the exact opposite.
When he retired, he kept up his routines: rising early, keeping fit. He's tried to instill the same discipline in his daughters - it's not as effective when it's not mandatory however.
Let me die in peace. For some reason, it is always assumed that everyone wants to live as long as possible. If you don't have a cola each day, you can dribble into a towel for another 3 years when you are older.... No thanks, Ill take the coke. put it on the reapers tab.
But fit people have better quality of life.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3567315/
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/PhysicalActivity...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22249758
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051110215438.h...
If anything, an unfit person is slowly dribbling in a towel throughout his relatively shorter life.
You live a shorter, low quality life. I don't see how you see that a positive over living a longer, healthier life with may be a bit of suffering at the end compared to suffering throughout your life(out of breath, joint pains, clogged arteries...)
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>…that might be novelty, socializing, recognition, or competition Your comment made me realize why I never liked sports. I don't really care for any of those things.
How about improved mental and emotional well being?
I never did enough sports or with enough regularity to get the famous serotonin/dopamine kick though.
Last time I tried running it was only pain, sweatiness and unachievement
Got to try it again, but it's hard to find motivation to do something that feels like torture.