I once procrastinated and kept delaying a spinal cord operation as a response to a back injury — and was completely cured of the back problem after a… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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I once procrastinated and kept delaying a spinal cord operation as a response to a back injury — and was completely cured of the back problem after a hiking vacation in the Alps, followed by weight-lifting sessions. These psychologists and economists want me to kill my naturalistic instinct (the inner b****t detector) that allowed me to delay the elective operation and minimize the risks — an insult to the antifragility of our bodies.