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> There's no reasonable mechanism in which greeting people causes well-being. Socializing increases well-being, and greeting someone is socializing.
by calibas 3y ago
> There's no reasonable mechanism in which greeting people causes well-being.
Socializing increases well-being, and greeting someone is socializing.
- tgv 3y agoYou're still making so many assumptions, all of which are unproven and causally unlinked. And how does socializing lead to social, community, career and physical well-being? Why would those peak at 6 but financial well-being at 11? In your hand-waiving explanation, it should keep rising. And even then, the effect wouldn't be caused by greeting, but by socializing. Greeting more people wouldn't help if you wouldn't socialize. You're also excluding the reverse causality: you can only greet 6 people per day if e.g. you're healthy. On a sickbed, it's much harder to do. The way it's stated in the headline is bollocks.
- calibas 3y agoSocialization is causally linked to well-being. I assume you know enough about the subject that this isn't up for debate. Per sociologist Cornelia Mayr, "Greeting is one of the basic functions of socialization and the first step in connecting to people at a more personal level." Where's the assumptions there? I simply connected two established facts. Socialization increases well-being and greeting is socializing, therefore... As you point out, there's a lot more nuance to it, but to claim there's "no reasonable mechanism" is absurd. Greeting someone is a type of socialization, and socialization increases well-being.