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Born to Rest

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Re: Born to Rest

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Post by jessaustin »

srtjstjsj wrote: post #140
jessaustin wrote: post #94

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Try it you might like it. I find I'm a more aware, more relaxed, slower driver. I find myself less determined to pass all the clueless bumpkins.

You are simultaneously more relaxed while being more afraid of collision risk?

Like every other human driver, I drive so as to maintain a collision risk equilibrium (c.f. "risk compensation"). So no I am not more afraid of collision. However I am driving more sanely, which is incidentally more relaxing than driving less sanely. YMMV.

Re: Born to Rest

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Post by kazinator »

jessaustin wrote: post #151
srtjstjsj wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are simultaneously more relaxed while being more afraid of collision risk?

Like every other human driver, I drive so as to maintain a collision risk equilibrium (c.f. "risk compensation"). So no I am not more afraid of collision. However I am driving more sanely, which is incidentally more relaxing than driving less sanely. YMMV.

Your "every other human driver" must exclude people who think it's a good idea to ride motorcycles at 1.5x the speed limit on the freeway. Needless to say, without seatbelts.

Anyway, this thread is about embracing some other risk as an alternative to unhealthy eating.

I posited that driving without a seatbelt is a poor substitute for a burger, fries and Coke. What I mean is that driving without a seatbelt is not a risk that provides am amount of thrill or pleasure in comparison to a meal.

So, that argument applies in triplicate to driving like a wussy without a seatbelt, don't you think?

Whatever thrill is derived from not wearing a seatbelt, it is attenuated by driving slowly to reduce the risk of injury.

Be sure to uninstall that airbag, too, by the way.

Re: Born to Rest

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Post by ng12 »

mercer wrote: post #147
helloworld wrote: post #61

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…

> Forcing college students to exercise will backfire, leading many of them to stop as soon as the course is over. 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 i…

PE is mandatory in every high school in the US. Why don't we have a nation of fit, active people?

I think the real problem is exposure. I don't like running, soccer, or football -- so my years in PE were generally a waste. There are physical hobbies I enjoy but the odds of being exposed to them in high school were improbably slim.

Re: Born to Rest

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Post by mercer »

ng12 wrote: post #153
mercer wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Forcing college students to exercise will backfire, leading many of them to stop as soon as the course is over. 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 i…

PE is mandatory in every high school in the US. Why don't we have a nation of fit, active people? I think the real problem is exposure. I don't like running, soccer, or football -- so my years in PE were generally a waste. There are physical hobbies I enjoy but the odds of being exposed to them in high school were improbably slim.

True, but PE might have had a positive effect on many people other than you, both physically and in other ways, so at the very least it's more effective than doing nothing.

That said, I do hope of course that they offer more variety than they often do in high school. I was pretty lucky with my high school and definitely benefitted from being exposed to sports that I still engage in occasionally (rugby and ice skating).

Re: Born to Rest

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Post by ionised »

DamnYuppie wrote: post #130
tambourine_man wrote: post #118

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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?

That will only come if you're not perceiving it as an unpleasant task to get out of the way.

Re: Born to Rest

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Post by Retra »

sgift wrote: post #145
Retra wrote: post #135

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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.

Obviously, the requirements of being a soldier are comparable to the requirements of being a student, so it makes perfect sense if both have mandatory PE. Or not.

The requirements for being a soldier are determined entirely by the institutions which select people to be soldiers. So you'd imagine that if a school required it's students to do PE, they'd have just as strong of requirements as soldiers do.
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