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Re: The Responsibility of Rights
''We have a right to eat trans-fatty substances. We have a right to destroy ourselves. We have a right to develop cancer from smoking and drinking.'' Actually, you don't. You're laboring under the myopic assumption that the consequences of your actions are solely confined to yourself. Sadly, though, your lifestyle decisions bring a cost to ...
Posted to Moneybox by easyEV on July 9, 2008
Flawed logic
I think Engber is arguing from flawed logic. As an RTI employee, I can personally attest to the fact that the company takes research methodology very seriously. The candidates may indeed be overstating the numbers, but regardless of the columnist's opinion, problems associated with obesity are in fact a considerable drain on the health care ...
Posted to Science by Porkins on March 4, 2008
The Missed Point
Both the studies and the article are too narrow. The point is, I don't care how much health care for fat people costs, I only care how much health care for fat people costs me. Of course health care costs more for people who live longer, but they are also contributing more productivity over the course of those long lives. There is an implicit ...
Posted to Science by etymologue on February 18, 2008