The paragraph you wrote has the potential to make a reader believe they have less agency about weight loss
Well, if that’s true, then we as rationalist should embrace that.
While you claim to steelman you don’t provide any arguments
Because the argument is complex and because I’m not sufficiently invested. I was suggesting a possibility in the landscape of possible counter-arguments.
why believing no-CICO would be better for someone who wants to lose weight
This is straightforward: because some people with low agency might obtain better results acting on other inputs, as per Viliam iron deficiency.
Well, if that’s true, then we as rationalist should embrace that.
Because the argument is complex and because I’m not sufficiently invested. I was suggesting a possibility in the landscape of possible counter-arguments.
This is straightforward: because some people with low agency might obtain better results acting on other inputs, as per Viliam iron deficiency.