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So we are finally coming around to discovering at the molecular level what has been known since forever: that on average positive, non-stressed out people tend
by Santosh83 7y ago
So we are finally coming around to discovering at the molecular level what has been known since forever: that on average positive, non-stressed out people tend to be healthier and live longer than those depressed or otherwise psychologically afflicted. And honestly when the brain has a critical influence on almost all major organs so I don't see why scientists are excited to find that it might have an effect on the ageing process too. The molecular mechanism may be exciting, but the fact itself is entirely expected.
- _Microft 7y agoThere's a difference between suspecting something and knowing it. E.g. a lot of country sayings might offer an interesting starting point to figure out if there's some truth to them and some interesting things to discover there but by no means they are proof of anything.
- naringas 7y agohow does soemthing transition into being known? is it once a scientific paper about it gets published on a peer reviewed reputable journal? is that the only way? or do alternatives exist?
- bouchard 7y ago> is that the only way? or do alternatives exist? Are there legitimate alternatives to the scientific method?
- drdeca 7y agoWhile I don’t mean to speak negatively of peer reviewed journals, I don’t think “the scientific method” and “getting published in a highly regarded peer reviewed journal” are synonymous. If there were no journals, I don’t think they would have to be created before anything counted as being done using the scientific method. Though, I do agree that peer review is very useful.
- pfd1986 7y agoOnce it gets published and then reproduced by others while discarding cofounding factors.
- Angeo34 7y agoI don't care about stress. I personally want to stimulate my brain to the maximum as much as I can. I don't know whether this would lower my life span.
- saiya-jin 7y agowell if by that stimulation you mean also stress, than certainly you are shortening your lifespan, possibly significantly. "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long"
- hos234 7y agoWell life span is not the point of the story imho, so don't worry about it. The data will prove that too in time.
- tomp 7y agoWhy not both? Meditation, mindfulness, equanimity... + curiosity, mental training, math, programming, challenging yourself!
- hobs 7y agoFrequent electric shocks seem to be the way to do it then.
- virgulino 7y agoAC or DC?
- mr_overalls 7y agoYou might want to rethink your assumptions here. Stress generally makes you less productive. And there are plenty of long-lived people of high accomplishment.
- pcstl 7y agoWhat do you mean by "stimulating your brain"? If you mean being mentally active all the time, in the long run that'll make you less productive, not more.