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These studies! They measure some micro thing in an extremely complex system and then we extrapolate to get an overall result. But we don't do that with complex
by discreteevent 10y ago
These studies! They measure some micro thing in an extremely complex system and then we extrapolate to get an overall result. But we don't do that with complex systems that we engineer. Why do we do it with people?
I've worked with plenty of smokers. Some who didn't take much exercise. But some of them were extremely effective programmers. As Bob Dylan said: You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
- thomyorkie 10y agoI too have met some extremely intelligent smokers. But, I think you may be missing the point. This study doesn’t provide evidence that pollution by itself hinders your cognition. Rather that pollution (or some other urban-related phenomenon) may blunt some of the positive effects that aerobic exercise would have had otherwise. The negative effects of pollution have been well documented, so its not like this study is coming out of nowhere. But, I do agree that one study should not be given too much weight. And how pollution affects exercise needs more research before conclusions can be definitively reached.