Because his rational mind is bolted to an evolved lower brain that betrays him with slightly incorrect preference for extra calories when calories are plentiful.
And the conservation of willpower hypothesis says if he fixes his fatness through willpower this comes at the cost of other things.
Eliezer should probably go get a semaglutide or tirzepatide script like everyone else and lose the extra weight. Literally until a few years ago no clinically validated method of weight loss, save extremely dangerous gastric bypass surgery, existed. Diet and exercise do not work for most people.
Epistemic status : I am also slightly fat, though thinner than EY, and intend to cheat with these new drugs soon.
Because his rational mind is bolted to an evolved lower brain that betrays him with slightly incorrect preference for extra calories when calories are plentiful.
And the conservation of willpower hypothesis says if he fixes his fatness through willpower this comes at the cost of other things.
Eliezer should probably go get a semaglutide or tirzepatide script like everyone else and lose the extra weight. Literally until a few years ago no clinically validated method of weight loss, save extremely dangerous gastric bypass surgery, existed. Diet and exercise do not work for most people.
Epistemic status : I am also slightly fat, though thinner than EY, and intend to cheat with these new drugs soon.