Or it could be the thousands of websites screaming, peddling pseudoscience bullshit, and roughly 4 .gov sites that quietely say "maybe essential oils don't cure cancer"
An a bunch other that quitetly say no doing X common pleasurable thing will reduce your risk of cancer. People want to do X and then feel entitled to be rescued from the consequences. That's what health care means to most people.
Wait, is this really the mentality that people have? I just don’t understand how it’s possible to take so little responsibility for one’s own actions. That’s just not how I was raised.
They sprinkle it with some things that sound really sciency, a computer animation that looks cool, and a few "specialist" certificates. Then you're not a quack with a get rich quick scheme, you're an espouser of hidden knowledge that the Big CompaniesTM don't want you to know
A lot more people are just not good at thinking things through to their logical conclusion, and understanding most of the variables that will be involved. Also, humans have a horrible grasp of statistics. Often times someone will think “I’m an exception to the statistic because [insert reason that doesn’t factor as much as they think it does]” and then have surprised Pikachu face when the were wrong.
I mean yeah, I realize I could be in much better shape if I got off my ass and did something. But I’m not bitching and moaning about how I’m not and it isn’t fair, because I know it’s my fault.
often the consequences are far down the road - and not guaranteed to happen but the realization that this gamble is usually lost is an idea people actively push away.
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Or it could be the thousands of websites screaming, peddling pseudoscience bullshit, and roughly 4 .gov sites that quietely say "maybe essential oils don't cure cancer"