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Heavy emphasis on "seems too". If you review the timeframe and time of implementation it shows that societal pressure had the direct impact on usage long before taxation passed. Similar to weight loss it isn't easy, but it is simple. You focus on what you have control over. I'm finding the discrepancies between this thread…

Did the law stop you or did you contemplate the ramifications of committing this action? ...and I agree with you personally, but the evidence does not support this.

It is better to be effective than right. Groups like this cannot prove effectivity, so instead devote their pursuit to being right. I've never understood the purpose of taxation in this regard. If I want my son to drink fewer sodas would it make sense to charge him $0.25 for every soda? Does no one question what I do with…

Approach it like this. "I enjoy our time together and want to spend more with you" Then work together to find something you both enjoy. Is there something she is passionate about that you don't enjoy? Work this problem in reverse and think what would entice you to try something new? How long have you been married? This may…

No worries - I apologize if I conveyed any ill intent. Addition or removal of a single law has little direct impact, but dramatic impact over time. I tend to focus on how law shapes generations and the long game as opposed to the short term. I look at all the laws passed in the US in 1980-1990 and the resulting damage done…

Nothing but calories. I'm a craft brewer and beer lover and while I did stop drinking when focusing on an upcoming race or other event, but simply budget in whatever calories necessary to enjoy my evening drink.

Objectively. Weight discrimination law.

This was the intent. There's a good deal of evidence suggesting that obesity (and other lifestyle diseases) are rooted in lack of purpose. Removal of laws that remove or diminish individual purpose have potential to put this trend in the other direction.

Capital punishment for doing so in the left lane.

The point of criminal law isn't so much to prevent crime, but to limit bad actors within the system, hence the rational behind incarceration. There is little proof that laws prevent crime, but they are effective at identifying and containing individuals who violate law. There is little more foolish than to pass a law you…

Super Troopers - a wonderful documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZkKsGtrW88

In a discussion of policy shaping eating behavior (food and drug law) and you think of rape and assault (criminal law)? Someone choosing to eat surplus calories, that's their business... ...also their responsibility to manage the ramifications.

Like the 18th Amendment?

Desire and ability are the primary drivers of obesity. Unless you are going to address these two root causes, then all else is nothing but show and wasted resources. What laws, objectively and historically, have positively influenced human behavior? I submit that those rewarding positive behavior tend to be successful,…

No law will help, but will make things monumentally worse. Removing laws on the other hand would have tremendous benefit over time.

This reminds me of a randomizer program applied to manufacturing to simulate "imperfections" so that product appeared as if these were handmade.

I've mentioned this before and this is correct. This is a unique phenomenon in Western cultures today - a regression of enlightenment. Eastern cultures tend to be very deliberate, so if someone asked "Why are you so fat?" it would be out of a sense of inquiry and purpose. Literally asking "What is the purpose of you being…

I purchased a few products to help - food scale, personal scale, Fitbit, smartphone gym membership. None of this helped me until I realized that I had a fundamental misunderstanding of food and activity. Check out the book "Everyday Millionaires" by Chris Hogan and apply these concepts to weight management. Simply replace…

Nothing unhealthy about nationalism itself. There lies an inherent evil in collectivism as this stands in defiance of human nature. If you worship the process over man, then you inevitably see man as the problem. People will sacrifice for those they love, but there must be a visible effect. Sacrifice for strangers is…

Politics has always attempted to shape and drive culture. Historically this had led to violence, starvation, and death. Good intentions hold little value other than paving the path to hell. We live in a time of such unprecedented peace and prosperity it is difficult to put things into perspective - unless you continually…

Politics lies downstream of culture. Attempts to move culture requires persuasion. Government historically uses force to persuade. The Right would do well to acknowledge, love, and respect the imagination of the Left. The Left would do well to acknowledge, love, and respect the pragmatism of the Right. There's a…

It is impossible for anything other than conjecture without a trained physical review. Is it likely that this pain was masked by something else? Has your activity increased and this is soreness from your body creating the new tissue in response to this activity? As an n=1 my joint soreness went away almost completely after…

Which DEXA devices? Depending on the make/model these hold as high as 25 degree of error. If the degree of instrument error exceeds delta, the results are statistically insignificant. I reached out to the authors for more information and will see if they respond.

Actually a bit shocked that no one is taking up the pro fraud side from a freedom of speech angle. Good move FTC. This is the appropriate role of government.

The stated results fall just above statistical significance, but I question the validity of such a small sample size. I also question the design of experiment being appropriate for the hypothesis. I would also want to know the devices utilized to determine fat loss and suspect this is localized water weight change as…

Have you timed them?

I don't consider nebulous terms and focus on details that matter.

Cognitive dissonance on display.

Our bodies are ~55-60% water weight. In diet terms "water weight" is largely referred to the additional 2-10 lbs one takes on following high salt meals, increased stress, hormonal change, increased physical activity, etc. Uptake of water correlates to cellular stress and is very necessary to prevent harm. This will go away…

Reminds me of a study I submitted showing that screening for cancer dramatically increases detection of cancer. Invoking Mark Twain (via Benjamin Disraeli) I would say the falls under the "statistics" category.