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Indeed. The notion that decreased cognitive function is the cause of social isolation, not the result, seems equally plausible.
by photochemsyn 4y ago
Indeed. The notion that decreased cognitive function is the cause of social isolation, not the result, seems equally plausible.
- hackernewds 4y agoOr entirely correlated like ice cream sales and drowning.
- coldtea 4y agoOr quite well correlated like flying kite with metal strings during a storm and getting hit by lighting. After all we know that people are social animals, that we acquire language and reasoning abilities by interacting with others in childhood (and children that are prevented from doing that have developmental problems), and that forced isolation in adults (in prison, lost in some forrest, or whatever) also brings several psychological and mental problems, and can even be used as punishment and torture.
- coldtea 4y agoIf "decreased cognitive function" was the cause, then it should have been there before (or at the very beginning) of the social isolation (to cause it).