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"people who have a positive attitude about getting older, live longer" The conclusion might as well be the other way round: people who have health problems whe

"people who have a positive attitude about getting older, live longer" The conclusion might as well be the other way round: people who have health problems when getting older are more likely to have a negative attitude about getting older and will probably die at a younger age than people without health issues.

Angostura 8y ago
Except there's no suggestion that the people who were thinking negatively about old age actually had worse health at that stage. The headline is rather misleading, the study suggested that where older people are more respected in a society, they tend to live longer.
- tw1010 8y ago
  But what if countries with a better attitude towards the elderly are also correlated with a higher likelihood of being ok with their taxes going to health care for the old? It doesn't necessarily have to do with respect.
  - Angostura 8y ago
    What, places like Pakistan, you mean?
ataturk 8y ago
Stupid article. Is there any age at which having a positive attitude isn't overall helpful? The issue with old age is the random serious illness lottery and really nothing else.