CDR: Re: why should it be trusted?

David Honig honig at sprynet.com
Thu Oct 19 13:16:21 PDT 2000


At 10:34 PM 10/18/00 -0400, Neil Johnson wrote:
>I don't have a problem with insurance companies raising rates for people who
>smoke, are overweight (cough, cough), or have high cholesterol (cough,
>cough, cough). That's behavior that can be changed.

How silly.  Weight and cholesterol (and intelligence and lifespan) have
strong genetic factors, as does smoking and drinking, how you respond to
stress, etc.  You might start by looking up  'dopamine receptors' or 'self
medication'








  

 






  









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