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This studied severely isolated people. If you're interacting with other humans at least once a month, you wouldn't qualify. "Socially isolated as defined in th

This studied severely isolated people. If you're interacting with other humans at least once a month, you wouldn't qualify. "Socially isolated as defined in this case is a person who lived alone, interacted with other people less frequently than once a month and engaged in social activities less frequently than once a week."

sillysaurusx 4y ago
Silly question, but how do you interact with people less frequently than once a month, yet engage in social activity more than once a month? Do they mean in-person interactions vs e.g. phone calls?
- eurasiantiger 4y ago
  Seems more like saying hi to the clerk vs having a conversation
  - z9znz 4y ago
    Saying hi to a clerk means being in a public situation where you may not be talking to people, but you're definitely receiving lots of inputs about their behaviors and feelings (unless you are incapable of reading this). I think being in a place with other people, such as a shop, is of greater significance that merely saying "hi" to a clerk.
    - eurasiantiger 4y ago
      Depends on the shop and the hour. A lot of people shop on graveyard shift to avoid other people.
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koheripbal 4y ago
It is customary to initially study extremes. It does not mean there is no effect at lesser extremes.
- dan000892 4y ago
  s/effect/association/g The study established association not causality (as is also customary in initial studies).
  - tester756 4y ago
    why do people write regex in comments? I see it from time to time and struggle to understand it
    - erichdongubler 4y ago
      It's a concise notation for a type of editing drawn from an old Unix program called `sed`, which is still around in Unix's descendants (i.e., Linux). In this case, GP suggests that GGP replace "effect" with "association".
      - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
        Strangely they are using the global flag, even though there's only one instance to replace.

sillysaurusx 4y ago

Silly question, but how do you interact with people less frequently than once a month, yet engage in social activity more than once a month? Do they mean in-person interactions vs e.g. phone calls?

eurasiantiger 4y ago
Seems more like saying hi to the clerk vs having a conversation
- z9znz 4y ago
  Saying hi to a clerk means being in a public situation where you may not be talking to people, but you're definitely receiving lots of inputs about their behaviors and feelings (unless you are incapable of reading this). I think being in a place with other people, such as a shop, is of greater significance that merely saying "hi" to a clerk.
  - eurasiantiger 4y ago
    Depends on the shop and the hour. A lot of people shop on graveyard shift to avoid other people.
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koheripbal 4y ago

It is customary to initially study extremes. It does not mean there is no effect at lesser extremes.

dan000892 4y ago
s/effect/association/g The study established association not causality (as is also customary in initial studies).
- tester756 4y ago
  why do people write regex in comments? I see it from time to time and struggle to understand it
  - erichdongubler 4y ago
    It's a concise notation for a type of editing drawn from an old Unix program called `sed`, which is still around in Unix's descendants (i.e., Linux). In this case, GP suggests that GGP replace "effect" with "association".
    - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
      Strangely they are using the global flag, even though there's only one instance to replace.