Do what you like

Yet another interesting post from Scott Adams. Everyone knows I'm not one suited to religion, but if he started one, I'd probably sell my house and car and go live at his commune and grow potatoes.

My hypnosis teacher once explained his theory of why some people, including him, were overweight. His theory went like this: Overweight people like to eat.

You can look for the complicated reason for anything. But usually people do what brings them the most pleasure, and all the complicated reasons are baloney, i.e. delicious baloney if you are overweight.

In the Middle East, my new opinion is that many people enjoy killing people who are different from themselves. You can talk about pride and religion and security all day, but those explanations never quite connect the dots. If those were the real reasons, the problem would have been solved long ago.

One thing he misses.. is that people are also lazy and sometimes that supersedes the pleasure impulse. For example, I'm not over weight, but I really like to eat. It's just that I'm too lazy to always have food available. I hate grocery shopping. When I was in my 20's, I lived with someone who took care of all the food issues, thus removing my laziness barrier, and I weighed about 60 pounds more than I do now.

At least for me, my laziness saves me from what might be destructive behavior. Apparently Muslims are not lazy people. I thought American Christians were jealous and spiteful people, but I guess this just means that they like passing judgment on everyone else.