(2010-11-27) Stross Obesity Morality

Charlie Stross ponders alternative models of Obesity (aka AD36 adenovirus) and how Moral-izing tends to codify a simple causal Model for a Complex System. It would be unpleasantly ironic if it turns out that our culture's moralizing fixation on the association between obesity and sinfullness — painting it as the just the reward of sloth and gluttony, and only legitimately to be avoided by drudgery and self-denial — has allowed a dangerous viral pandemic to rage undetected for decades.