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I'm not really trying to make any point =) I'm just presenting some anecdotal observations.

skrebbel 7y ago
Your comment started with the phrase "anecdotal evidence". Anecdotal evidence for what? Note: I think no one is minding the unscientific nature of your anecdote. I just don't understand what point the anecdote is supposed to underline. Your grandma likes technology and therefore she likes technology? Or something?
- glaberficken 7y ago
  yup sorry, probably phrased it wrongly by including the word "evidence" too late to edit now. In my view an anecdote is just that. Not supposed to support any broader point or generalization. Its an individual story, you can make of it what you will! =)
- hirako2000 7y ago
  It is pretty clear the evidence, although one should call it an observation, is that brain stimulation through change, challenging and active learning activities kept an individual's cognitive abilities higher than peers who have gone through less brain stimulations. It's sharing this observation, not very scientific as it would need larger samples and better controlled environment but it's an interesting anecdote. Many of us perhaps see the same trend. I think it's pretty clear that not stimulating your brain lead to drop of cognitive abilities. Parallels are made between a trainned muscle and a trainned brain. We teach kids to memorise poems to stimulate their memory. We forget about stimulation as we grow older, we tend to retire and accept the status quo that there is the active career and some day we quit and no one expect anything to be done as retired folks. I find my own cognitive abilities dropping after a few months of slope into brain laziness. I find my cognitive speed and performance increased after a few months of rather intense focus on multiple challenging projects. I also find myself unable to perform at high cognitive levels, drop of concentration if I've been on a burn up for months without much brain rest and relaxing time. Again perhaps a good parallel with how muscles performance works. Anecdotes are interesting, as they help see trends when in correlation with other anecdotes. I rarely hear stories about the opposite phenomenon.
TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
If you’ve got something to say: say it. If you don’t: probably don’t. But it says more about HN that your comment is still the top comment after an hour+.
- glaberficken 7y ago
  I see, thanks for the explanation. I guess vague comments like mine will tend to be buried after a a couple of hours =)

Your comment started with the phrase "anecdotal evidence". Anecdotal evidence for what? Note: I think no one is minding the unscientific nature of your anecdote. I just don't understand what point the anecdote is supposed to underline. Your grandma likes technology and therefore she likes technology? Or something?

glaberficken 7y ago
yup sorry, probably phrased it wrongly by including the word "evidence" too late to edit now. In my view an anecdote is just that. Not supposed to support any broader point or generalization. Its an individual story, you can make of it what you will! =)
hirako2000 7y ago
It is pretty clear the evidence, although one should call it an observation, is that brain stimulation through change, challenging and active learning activities kept an individual's cognitive abilities higher than peers who have gone through less brain stimulations. It's sharing this observation, not very scientific as it would need larger samples and better controlled environment but it's an interesting anecdote. Many of us perhaps see the same trend. I think it's pretty clear that not stimulating your brain lead to drop of cognitive abilities. Parallels are made between a trainned muscle and a trainned brain. We teach kids to memorise poems to stimulate their memory. We forget about stimulation as we grow older, we tend to retire and accept the status quo that there is the active career and some day we quit and no one expect anything to be done as retired folks. I find my own cognitive abilities dropping after a few months of slope into brain laziness. I find my cognitive speed and performance increased after a few months of rather intense focus on multiple challenging projects. I also find myself unable to perform at high cognitive levels, drop of concentration if I've been on a burn up for months without much brain rest and relaxing time. Again perhaps a good parallel with how muscles performance works. Anecdotes are interesting, as they help see trends when in correlation with other anecdotes. I rarely hear stories about the opposite phenomenon.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago

If you’ve got something to say: say it. If you don’t: probably don’t. But it says more about HN that your comment is still the top comment after an hour+.

glaberficken 7y ago
I see, thanks for the explanation. I guess vague comments like mine will tend to be buried after a a couple of hours =)