CronoDAS comments on Young Americans believe they have the best health in the world... - Less Wrong

1 Post author: Louie 04 February 2013 06:03AM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 04 February 2013 06:49:23AM *  4 points [-]

This is a cultural thing. In the U.S., even if you're in bad health, if you're health isn't noticeably worse than it was last week, you say you're in good health when you're asked. It's sort of a content-free response, like responding to "How are you?" with "I'm fine".

Comment author: Louie 04 February 2013 07:01:22AM 9 points [-]

Americans can only report their health derivative (dx/dt) :)