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If this is worth exploring, do it right: make an experiment and actually measure these things. Imagining is not science, and we shouldn't make decisions on thin
by dfxm12 8y ago
If this is worth exploring, do it right: make an experiment and actually measure these things. Imagining is not science, and we shouldn't make decisions on things we've merely imagined.
- dTal 8y agoKind of a weird smackdown. Are we not allowed to make observations on Hacker News until we've backed them up with a peer-reviewed study?
- dfxm12 8y agoWhen drawing conclusions, like "stress effects those struggling to get by worse than the relatively well off", I would always err on the side of evidence over imagination. Imagining something isn't even an observation.
- albedoa 8y agoThat is a mischaracterization of the comment you responded to. He was appealing for another commenter to imagine the impact of stress on one who is struggling economically given what we know about the effects of stress. We don't have to set up a peer-reviewed study to do that. We can both imagine and yield to evidence.
- hammock 8y agoGood point.
- thfuran 8y agoWell, those studies have already been done. And poverty is shit for you.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoThe OP __is__ actual. It says (in short) "stress not only effects the body, it effects the mind." That's enough. Certainly, you're not suggesting we need a study on whether poverty is stressful or not. The arc of my original comment is: Some well say, "Well, poverty is a decision. Those in poverty need to make better decisions." Unfortunately, that's naive. It does not consider the fact that stress has a negative impact on the brain, on decision making.
- dfxm12 8y agoCertainly, you're not suggesting we need a study on whether poverty is stressful or not. You didn't ask us to imagine if "poverty is stressful"; you made a different claim entirely.