Doesn’t necessarily mean they “neglected free lifestyle interventions”. Maybe they were already doing everything they were aware of.
If you are not an expert, when you ask people about what to do, you get lots of contradictory advice. Whatever one person recommends, another person will tell you it’s actively harmful.
“You should exercise more.” “Like this?” makes a squat. “No, definitely not like that, you will fuck up your spine and joints.” “So, how exactly?” “I don’t know actually; I am just warning you that you can hurt yourself.”
“You should only eat raw vegetables.” Starts eating raw vegetables. Another person: “If you keep doing that, the lack of proteins will destroy your muscles and organs, and that will kill you.”
The only unambiguous advice is to give up all your bodily pleasures. Later: “Hey, why are you so depressed?”
(For the record, I don’t feel epistemically helpless about this stuff now. I discussed it with some people I trust, and sorted out the advice. But it took me a few years to get there, and not everyone has this opportunity. Even now, almost everything I ever do, someone tells me it’s harmful; I just don’t listen to them anymore.)
Doesn’t necessarily mean they “neglected free lifestyle interventions”. Maybe they were already doing everything they were aware of.
If you are not an expert, when you ask people about what to do, you get lots of contradictory advice. Whatever one person recommends, another person will tell you it’s actively harmful.
“You should exercise more.” “Like this?” makes a squat. “No, definitely not like that, you will fuck up your spine and joints.” “So, how exactly?” “I don’t know actually; I am just warning you that you can hurt yourself.”
“You should only eat raw vegetables.” Starts eating raw vegetables. Another person: “If you keep doing that, the lack of proteins will destroy your muscles and organs, and that will kill you.”
The only unambiguous advice is to give up all your bodily pleasures. Later: “Hey, why are you so depressed?”
(For the record, I don’t feel epistemically helpless about this stuff now. I discussed it with some people I trust, and sorted out the advice. But it took me a few years to get there, and not everyone has this opportunity. Even now, almost everything I ever do, someone tells me it’s harmful; I just don’t listen to them anymore.)