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Anecdotes about personal experience, people you've met, and unsourced trivia don't disprove studies about populations as a whole. Celebrities may have a much h
by nck4222 7y ago
Anecdotes about personal experience, people you've met, and unsourced trivia don't disprove studies about populations as a whole.
Celebrities may have a much higher rate of suicide (2.9%) vs the general population (.013% in the US): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13524696_Suicide_in_eminent_persons https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13524696_Suicide_in...
That doesn't seem like the opposite conclusion to me.
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that moving could possibly give you skills, deficiencies, and desires that make it more likely you become an actor either, but that seems like a little more like speculation at this point.
- dmos62 7y agoDon't discount anecdotes. World views, even if found to be supported by studies, are often rationalizations of inner state.
- vumgl 7y agoDepression is common among highly successful and/or popular figures. I read that depression was common among astronauts after they completed their missions. Virtually nothing that they (can) do later in life compares with the scope of their past missions, and that leads to depression or worse. These days, part of the astronaut training includes planning for their post-mission goals.
- nate_meurer 7y agoSame for combat veterans.