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Born with Couch Potato Genes?
An anonymous reader writes "Science Daily is reporting on an experiment that suggests that an individual's activity level shows a genetic basis. From the article: 'Research conducted by scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University reveals that a person's level of activity is likely an intrinsic property of that individual. [...] Overall, these findings suggest that it is likely to take a significant conscious effort to change one's level of physical activity and override one's intrinsic inclination to be active or inactive. To state it more plainly, if you're a couch potato, suddenly becoming active may be harder than you think,'"
To state it more plainly, if you're a couch potato, suddenly becoming active may be harder than you think,'"
Insensitive clods! It's already hard enough to reach for the remote control!
I'm not lazy, it's my genes.
More like... "I'm not lazy, I'm just stoned!.... Or recovering from being stoned the night before....
"...if you're a couch potato, suddenly becoming active may be harder than you think"
No, I've always thought it would be too hard. Why do you think I'm still a couch potato?
How much harder than impossible can you get? :(
it is my parents' fault that I'm such a lazy bum. Now I can fwd this link to them.
I'm much more funny, interesting and insightful than the moderators think
I'm giving up on free will.
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
Overall, these findings suggest that it is likely to take a significant conscious effort to change one's level of physical activity and override one's intrinsic inclination to be active or inactive.
New!
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See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil... ..and their long lost brother "can't be bothered to do any evil"
Thanks for that. I'd read it, but I can't really be bothered.
We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice!
Put a hungry wolverine in the cage and watch Mr Sedentary turn into a world record sprinter.
"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy." --Theodore Roosevelt
How soon before we can blame everything we do on genetics?
Presumably very long, afterall lots of people are just gonna sit on their ass and do nothing to help the "blame DNA first" crowd.
Nurture or nature? Either way, it's Mom's fault....
A real couch potato doesn't waste time "thinking" about "suddenly becoming active."
"Honey, after you finish typing my Slashdot comment, will you get me a beer?"
We (/.) are geeks. Maybe our forefathers were the Shamans of our tribes, so they had to be smart, cryptic, and sneaky rather than fast.
Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
Jabba perfected the art of the couch potato, now it must be asked how he is able to convince so many rogues and scoundrels to obey his commands from such a slovenly perch?
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Maybe the tendency to blame things on genes is genetic too.
It's true I tell you, feller at work's next door neighbour read it in the paper.
You are just too lazy to see all the colors, pull yourself together!
Analogies don't equal equalities, they are merely somewhat analogous.