Massimo Pigliucci
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
To say health, wealth, reputation, career, relationships, and all that.
What do you mean health is not up to me?
Now, we were talking about my body image problems.
What do you mean my health is not up to me?
I can do all sorts of things about my health, right?
I can go to the doctor on a regular basis and practice preventive medicine.
I mean, I can do all those things.
But then you think about it and say, ah, but wait a minute.
Those are all judgments or decisions to act or not to act.
What I don't control, what is not up to me is the outcomes.
I can go to the gym, which I do, largely.
And I go regularly to the doctor.
Nevertheless, there are a lot of other factors that contribute to the outcome, to the actual health that are not under my control.
I can make all the efforts I want, but to some extent, I am limited by my own genetics and my own early upbringing.