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I never follow 'advice' from outliers. Also, remember "survivorship bias." The advice: Drink plenty of water Get out in the sunlight and fresh air

• crimsonalucard 12y ago
  Never dismiss advice from something that potentially may not be an outlier.
• nsxwolf 12y ago
  And when people ask 100 year olds how they did it, the recommendation is always smoking and drinking.
  • a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
    Ray Kurzweil is going to live forever because he takes a hundred pills a day, so i don't know why you'd recommend silly things like enjoying a drink and a smoke.
    • agumonkey 12y ago
      Because of guys like Compay Segundo living 95 years while smoking cigars when they wanted to. Nature is complex. Also a bit of alcohol can relieve stress, it's probably better to smooth out things a bit with a glass of wine rather than going zero-tolerance on some substance and suffering regular anxiety.
      • hobarrera 12y ago
        That's quite right. Stress can be extremely harmful, but it's very hard for one to realize it. I've have issues with teeth, hair, sleep, and colon all due to stress at some points (once in my life, all four at the same time). Smoking a joint merely to relieve stress every once in a while would probably have helped my health more that it would have damaged it