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Not worth the time of day until it can be demonstrated that there is a net health benefit. Precautionary Principle FTW.
by grokcodec 1mo ago
Not worth the time of day until it can be demonstrated that there is a net health benefit. Precautionary Principle FTW.
- fsckboy 1mo agohumans evolved to have risk seekers and risk avoiders. some people try it, the other people watch.
- grokcodec 1mo agothis issue today is that governments can coerce people into taking those risks, regardless of risk appetite, or they can hide the actual risk. We saw this in real time over the past 6 years. That's why the precautionary principle is so important, also the Nuremberg code.
- skylurk 1mo agowe owe the dairy industry to this phenomena, and also a lot of fetishes
- rustystump 1mo agoI mean some fetishes have science behind why they exist. For example, the part of the brain that process feet is located next to the area that processes genitals. At least, some are explainable. Some are not.
- eru 1mo agoWell, if natural selection had a say, the only fetish anyone would have would be an impregnation fetish. (Only half joking.)
- fyltr 1mo agoNatural selection had a say in female mammals leaking blood trails every month, which is, mildly said, fcking stupid. Natural selection does not create optimal beings, it creates stuff that, somehow, kinda, works. If you have the time for it, I highly recommend the lecture series on behavioral evolution by Robert Sapolsky, it's on the Stanford YouTube channel.
- Benanov 1mo agoIt's stupid from a practical perspective but the energy required to build up the uterine lining and tear it down on a (basically-)monthly basis is much lower than its upkeep