Determinism

There's a new study out that suggests that weight is tied far more to genetics than to lifestyle choices. This makes sense -- I was heavy long before Wendy's introduced my current favorite lifestyle choice. But haters will be haters, and as expected, Will Saletan of Slate doesn't believe a word of this new emerging scientific consensus. He's like a global warming denier -- even though respected scientists and journalists have shown the consensus to exist, and even though our rightful President, Al Gore, agrees, some people want to stick their heads in the sand. Just as global warming deniers are all funded by ExxonMobil, I would not be surprised if all the fattitude-as-genetic-determinism deniers were secretly on SlimFast's payroll.

On the other hand, I found this study unconvincing.