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> the value just in the co-opting of another human being's attention? Thats a weird way of describing it. A machine telling me to exercise and eat right will
by Devasta 7mo ago
> the value just in the co-opting of another human being's attention?
Thats a weird way of describing it.
A machine telling me to exercise and eat right will be ignored, even if the advice is correct. A person I trust taking me aside, looking me in the eye and asking me the same would be taken far more seriously.
- usefulcat 7mo agoThat may well be true if you need to be persuaded to exercise and eat right. OTOH, if you don't need to be persuaded and just want information on how best to go about doing it, then I think it makes little difference where the information comes from as long as it's of reasonable quality.
- alex43578 7mo agoMaybe for you, but that model clearly doesn’t generalize, or dieticians and physical trainers would only have success stories to point to.
- genthree 7mo agoThe specific example was indeed a poor one since we have extensive data on that, and even high-touch non-surgical interventions involving hours per week from multiple specialists (read: incredibly expensive) with very-willing participants have proven a lot less effective than one might hope (somewhat effective! But only moderately so, which ain't enough given the price tag). Docs saying "eat better and exercise" at an annual check-up has basically no effect whatsoever. Turning dozens to hundreds of decisions per week for which the correct decision must be made in nearly every case, into a single decision per week for which the correct choice must be made, has proven wildly more effective than any of that (I mean glp-1 agonists).
- myrak 7mo ago[flagged]
- NetMageSCW 7mo agoMy Watch tells me I need to stand up and walk around and that I should do some more exercise or walk further than normal today.