Educated individuals in the 21st century are looking for Prevention of Diseases, than finding cures for disease when they get one.
They look for better ways of prevention of diseases, like eating healthily, exercise regularly, resting early, working intelligently...etc. Prevention of diseases also help them to live longer.
I'm working on my part towards prevention of dieases too. I'm still young, 21 years old to be exact, and that's it is the right time to start now. I think it is not very wise to start to eat and live healthily, when you are 40 years old, because your body maybe 45% damaged already.
Health wise, many people understand this concept of "Prevention is better than cure".
Now, let's take this statement, and use it in other aspects of life. See how true it can be.
On the road, we learn how to drive safely within speed limit to 'prevent' an accident, or we learn how to do a 173˚ turning and evading of cars to "cure" an near accident?
In school, we study well so we can get good grades, and "prevent" a FAIL grade, or we learn how to appeal and plea to our teachers to give us a little more marks to "cure" our FAIL grade?
In a relationship, we learn how to love and respect the relationship with your partners to "prevent" arguments, or we learn how to "cure" an argument by giving more gifts, sending more love messages to please the other party?
In a job, do we learn how to exceed job expectations and produce exceptional results to "prevent" us from dropping into a 'retrenchment list' when times are bad, or we learn how to write sweet and entertaining letters to bosses, superiors, or even ministers, to ask them to help you "cure" your impending retrenchment?
Here's a funny example:
You started talking to a guy, then you blabber vulgarities, telling the guy "You S88k!", "F888 U8!". Then the guy give you a 236 pound slap to your face. Then, you go look for a "cure" on how to heal your face. Can you "prevent" this instead by not saying all those words?
From what I see, I still think that "Prevention is better than Cure". Of course, there might be some examples where "Cure can be Prevention", which I may not know of.
Do you have a good example of "Cure is better than Prevention?"
to each his own, of course. Hitler first said this to a mass audience.
ReplyDeletefirstly, to cure an accident probably means to remediate whatever had happened. that means to send the person to the hospital, the car to the workshop, etc, is it not?
The 173 degrees turn is but a SUPER-EFFECTIVE dosage of vaccine.
rectifying failed grades is of a similar matter, but that plea to teachers (or lifting skirts and flirting) might be a stronger dosage of medicine. it's dabbling with black-market medicine; you cannot trust it completely and you have no choice but to give it a shot.
the example you've given for retrenchment is similar to that of work which you have given.
the argument you have given based on the example you have proposed, albeit funny, is circular. who's the one injured? the one who was raved 'F', or the one who got injured? Ahha.
i like the one on love. Preventing an argument might never be always the best bet, because one misses out on the experience.
Vaccines are weaker forms of viruses/bacteria (depending on what you're vaccinated against). Is it preventive, to begin with?
What doesn't kill you make you stronger. Is not prevention sometimes cure? One could chop off a gambler's hand to prevent him from gambling and cure his habit of gambling, all at one.
Having said that, allow me to give an audacious example. Is it better to experience making love, or celibate, to prevent oneself from getting corrupt? Is life not about taking risks?
Vegetarians get cancer and die. No one could explain that. Neither could anyone explain how heavy smokers could live to a ripe old 80.
lol. i'm open to rebuttals. good post btw! that's why i bothered writing, for you.
- Lady above the alley