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Conflict of interest: https://www.dayagrant.com/about https://www.dayagrant.com/about She is a consultant that .. promotes triathlons? It's also literally on

Conflict of interest: https://www.dayagrant.com/about https://www.dayagrant.com/about She is a consultant that .. promotes triathlons? It's also literally on "triathelete.com" .. She has a PhD in Neuroscience so knows how to cherry pick studies to support her thesis... but I wouldn't put too much weight in this.

Aperocky 2y ago
Same can be said of climate scientist warning about climate change.
- contrarian1234 2y ago
  I think the nature of the problem is a bit different. Anthropogenic climate change is sort of generally accepted, though the specifics on how the climate will change are not well understood If the scientist is somehow vested in climate change being as horrendous as possible - then I would imagine a person like that would become myopic to information that ran counter to their "interests". I wouldn't see them as impartial. (For instance if they made regular paid appearances on TV to expound on the dangers of climate change) But in the same vein, Dawkins will be myopic to arguments counter to evolution - which I think is fine - b/c that's not contested ground Triathalons aren't some constrained thing like evolution - where triatheletes all live to 100 unlike the rest of the plebs. So it's more like the effects of climate change. I'm sure it's having some effect.. but your career depends on it being "good" things All researchers have biases and some results are sexier and one gravitates to them - but here the researcher is really out on the fringe with her conflicts of interest
- kid64 2y ago
  No it can't, unless you think a single assertion is equivalent to unanimous consensus among the scientific community, which is clearly asinine.
  - iambateman 2y ago
    In this case, I think both climate change and the positive mental effects of exercise have pretty strong consensus.
safety1st 2y ago
This is such a Hacker News comment and I don't mean that in a positive way. The link between exercise and health, including brain health, is so well established that calling out this "conflict of interest" is more a well-dressed ad hominem, not a meaningful critique. Attack the argument not the person. Oh wait you can't because she's right.
- contrarian1234 2y ago
  The Hackernews reply would be to start arguing with the science by cherry picking some papers and quoting some popscience articles. I think you need to acknowledge when you don't know enough. I'm not a neuroscientist or doctor. I have no ability to engage with the science - and I'm not going to start pulling papers out of my ass to support some counter argument. I have no idea if she's right or wrong. I just know that at a cursory glance of her profile she seems to have an agenda. That's all I rely on the expertise of dedicated professionals to do the "arguing" and investigating the science. All I can do is vet them and see if they're impartial
thefz 2y ago
Article does not mention triathlon at all, it's more a breakdown of each single activity.

Aperocky 2y ago

Same can be said of climate scientist warning about climate change.

contrarian1234 2y ago
I think the nature of the problem is a bit different. Anthropogenic climate change is sort of generally accepted, though the specifics on how the climate will change are not well understood If the scientist is somehow vested in climate change being as horrendous as possible - then I would imagine a person like that would become myopic to information that ran counter to their "interests". I wouldn't see them as impartial. (For instance if they made regular paid appearances on TV to expound on the dangers of climate change) But in the same vein, Dawkins will be myopic to arguments counter to evolution - which I think is fine - b/c that's not contested ground Triathalons aren't some constrained thing like evolution - where triatheletes all live to 100 unlike the rest of the plebs. So it's more like the effects of climate change. I'm sure it's having some effect.. but your career depends on it being "good" things All researchers have biases and some results are sexier and one gravitates to them - but here the researcher is really out on the fringe with her conflicts of interest
kid64 2y ago
No it can't, unless you think a single assertion is equivalent to unanimous consensus among the scientific community, which is clearly asinine.
- iambateman 2y ago
  In this case, I think both climate change and the positive mental effects of exercise have pretty strong consensus.

safety1st 2y ago

This is such a Hacker News comment and I don't mean that in a positive way. The link between exercise and health, including brain health, is so well established that calling out this "conflict of interest" is more a well-dressed ad hominem, not a meaningful critique. Attack the argument not the person. Oh wait you can't because she's right.

contrarian1234 2y ago
The Hackernews reply would be to start arguing with the science by cherry picking some papers and quoting some popscience articles. I think you need to acknowledge when you don't know enough. I'm not a neuroscientist or doctor. I have no ability to engage with the science - and I'm not going to start pulling papers out of my ass to support some counter argument. I have no idea if she's right or wrong. I just know that at a cursory glance of her profile she seems to have an agenda. That's all I rely on the expertise of dedicated professionals to do the "arguing" and investigating the science. All I can do is vet them and see if they're impartial

thefz 2y ago

Article does not mention triathlon at all, it's more a breakdown of each single activity.