Why Don't We Act In Our Best Interest?
Posted from Royal Oak, Michigan-
People don't act in their own best interest.
We eat food, but not necessarily what's best for us. We smoke and drink despite warnings from the medical profession. We buy "too much house" and max out our credit cards. We quit school too soon and don't exercise enough.
These examples are the "low hanging fruit" of my argument. Consider the following information about other ways we harm ourselves.
According to Donna Bucciarelli, Trauma Prevention Coordinator at Beaumont Hospital here in Royal Oak Michigan, 100 percent of accidents are preventable.
Dr. Mike Gerber, a Michigan podiatrist seems to agree. He told me that about 60% of all prescriptions go unfilled. We can assume that an even larger percentage of prescriptions are not fully consumed.
What do you think? Do humans act in their own best interest?
Sounds like you may have had a bad personal experience with your doc, Brad. Sorry for that and hope you've found a doctor you can trust. -Michael www.EdisonHouse.com
Posted by: Michael Angelo Caruso | July 05, 2008 at 07:57 AM
We all think we know what's best for us, even without a medical degree. Although I do have to question the abilities of some medical professionals(this from experience), there are a few doctors that I wouldn't trust to prescribe an aspirin much less a more potent prescription.
I really don't mean to be hard on the MD's here but the truth is everyone has a better mouse trap. The government is always trying to save us from ourselves or this group is trying to save us from this fate or that. The bottom line is that as intelligent as we are today, as far as we've come from horse and buggy and with all the technology available, we still haven't learned a thing.
Posted by: Brad Walker | July 03, 2008 at 03:03 AM