Like I write so many times most people suck and only can perceive a better life in terms of getting more $$$(higher salary) in their paycheck or being able to afford more $$$(expensive) material objects. On that there is widespread agreement: that a car that is more expensive will improve your quality of life compared to a cheaper car. Even though that is a stupid and fallacious life philosophy that is what most people believe and invest their life in, they will be pissed if the material objects they invest their life energy in are scartched, destroyed or stolen, but if you offer most greasy food, alcohol, cigars, etc. it is a good way to get lots of fair-weather fake friends. Even though it is obvious most people don't want to realize material objects can be replaced but you only get one human body. But there is widespread disagreement on following the "don'ts" of good health: don't drink, don't smoke, don't do drugs, don't eat meat, don't eat other animal products. Most people will disagree with you that following such a life path is an improvement, they will whine it is too austere, bring forth myths about moderation, make comments that their unhealthy habits are "enjoying life", etc. Indeed following the "don'ts" leads to social isolation and feelings of loneliness. Yet the same people would agree that aging slower visibly and having your body more intact than otherwise as you age, would be positive life improvements, it is just they will disagree that the "don'ts" can achieve that, instead whining about "genetics". But many especially women believe in hocus pocus nonsense facial creams and lathers that allege to delay skin aging but are infact worthless, heavily marketed, sold at heavy markups, massively purchased and consumed.
I had a similar issue with my dad who had stage four colorectal cancer and was a lifelong smoker. I thought if I got him electronic cigerrates he might stop smoking. He ended up just smoking regular cigerrates and also the e-cigs. So then I decided to get him nicotine gum, maybe that would work. It only ended up in the worst of all scenarios, he still smoked regular cigerrates, but also used the e-cig and the nicotine gum! At issue is that a large majority of the population apparently lack any self discipline. Recently I watched this excellent documentary series thanks to Reddit's /r/megalinks, SBS: Predict My Future: The Science Of Us
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http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/ ... ence-of-usIt exposed me to the famous Stanford Marshmellow experiment:
The Atlantic wrote:https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... ol/380673/It began in the early 1960s at Stanford University’s Bing Nursery School, where Mischel and his graduate students gave children the choice between one reward (like a marshmallow, pretzel, or mint) they could eat immediately, and a larger reward (two marshmallows) for which they would have to wait alone, for up to 20 minutes. Years later, Mischel and his team followed up with the Bing preschoolers and found that children who had waited for the second marshmallow generally fared better in life.
Also as regards to getting tumors removed, there are companies that offer tests that allow you to see if and how many circulating tumor stem cells you have in your bloodstream. Your friend with poor lifestyle habits very well could have only had one detectable tumor, but such circulating tumor stem cells in her blood and other undetectable tumors already. In which case the cutting strategy will often prove counter-productive. But people with poor lifestyle habits tend to have other bad habits like refusing to read and self-educate themselves as well.
