Always feel weird when people say "I don't think it is willpower that's causing the obesity epidemic...maybe it's the environment!" because: a) Research has been pointing that way for decades and b) It seems fairly obvious
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I know there's a politically-motivated argument that it's all down to personal choice, but honestly the "willpower" argument is just silly
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Of the many explanations, the idea that humanity has entirely lost its collective willpower over the course of just 30 years is by far and away the least likely
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Seriously, it took us 100,000s of years of evolution to get to this point, but our brains have entirely shifted in a few decades? It's ridiculous
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Is it more likely that we've changed our brain chemistry in some fundamental way, or that our evolved patterns are not ideal for a changing environment?
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In my life, computers have gone from a seldom-seen luxury to a ubiquitous part of life, smartphones have been invented and spread like wildfire, etc etc etc But you think willpower is the thing that's changed? Absurd
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My point: Whatever your stance on personal responsibility, the idea that it is a primary driver of obesity is silly, for a variety of reasons
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