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Summary: the author of the article speculates that moderate alcohol consumption leads people to socialize and not be lonely. People who are lonely are more like
by jseifer 16y ago
Summary: the author of the article speculates that moderate alcohol consumption leads people to socialize and not be lonely. People who are lonely are more likely to die from "just about everything." There's no actual study done here -- the author only references other studies. This article is about the author's hypothesis.
- NationalHQ 16y agothanks for the tldr. btw tldr
- andre3k1 16y agoThis article, similar to "The Web Is Dead", is about nothing more than link baiting. Wired has been going down hill as of late.
- kiba 16y agoHow do you measure that rate of "becoming worse"?
- falsestprophet 16y agowith careful consideration and scientific rigor, I'm sure
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- mcn 16y agoWhich is weird, given that the most interesting thing about the study linked in the article is that it has more controls than previous alcohol mortality studies, including social behavior factors, and it still finds that moderate drinking correlates with reduced mortality rates among older white adults.