“to stop the obesity epidemic we just need to tell people they have to eat less and exercise more.”
Well, if by ‘obesity epidemic’ you mean “people complaining about how fat they are” (by analogy with the complaint about school starting too early), then yes, that’s exactly what should happen. Start exercising, reduce your intake of highly-processed foods/drinks, and you’ll be losing weight. Part of being rational involves being willing to shoulder responsibility for things that are quite easily under your direct control.
Part of being rational involves not trying the same thing over and over that doesn’t work. Giving people the factually correct, simple advice that you believe does not work.
Well, if by ‘obesity epidemic’ you mean “people complaining about how fat they are” (by analogy with the complaint about school starting too early), then yes, that’s exactly what should happen. Start exercising, reduce your intake of highly-processed foods/drinks, and you’ll be losing weight. Part of being rational involves being willing to shoulder responsibility for things that are quite easily under your direct control.
Is it? Source of more information? Or do you have extended reasoning for that idea?
Edit: did you mean agency?
Part of being rational involves not trying the same thing over and over that doesn’t work. Giving people the factually correct, simple advice that you believe does not work.