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Originally Posted by Mutt
um...... you just called out Vendzilla for being a childlike idiot who ignores his health for cheeseburgers and beer. i think we can assume Vendzilla falls into the range of normal intelligence. SOOOOOO.......... explain how his average brain subconsciously has these thousands of arguments with thousands of parties, makes the best decision based on dynamic and fluid circumstances by making future predictions, then imagines the consequences of the decision and after all that, he and millions like him, some with very high I.Q.'s make the decision to eat huge amounts of junk food, drink gallons of beer, smoke cartons of cigarettes etc?
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Technically, i would define "best decision" as that which best ensures survival and reproduction and furtherance of ones genes. Eating habits, not exercising and dying at 55 instead of 85 has little direct relationship to our brains mandate to survive and reproduce and further our genes, as thats already been achieved. Further, our lifespans have only recently began to increase dramatically on the timeline of human history, so living to 90 is a brand new thing for us. It wasn't too many centuries ago that we only lived to 40. Our bodies and our brains are designed to hunt, kill, find a mate, fuck and help the old lady take care of the kid for the first few or so years of its life (at the most). From an evolutionary standpoint, heart disease from poor diet and onset diabetes are irrelevant.
The simple answer to understanding all human behavior is this.... "we do what we want to do". Meaning we follow whichever urge is strongest. Just like a rat. Just like a cat. Just like a dog. Just like a primate. There is no need to hear explanations of ones behavior. Understanding that ultimately they do what they want to do, tells you almost everything you need to know.
In the case of eating, urge to satisfy the demands of the rewards center and other neurological and physiological needs/processes is over-riding the unconscious decisions and conscious attempts at doing otherwise.