anor_wondo

anor_wondo t1_iz8zuso wrote

Reply to comment by DistributedIntellect in A new study focuses on the crucial question of why people are more vulnerable to catching colds during the months of winter. The answer hinges on an evolved defense system, innate to the human nose, that is numbed by frigid temperatures. by BoredMamajamma

Reddit is the only place where people state with confidence that cold has nothing to do with it but the other things it causes (like people huddling closer).

On the other hand, not a single doctor has denied me that cold environments make you more susceptible.

For me getting a throat infection from drinking cold water has close to 100% correlation

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anor_wondo t1_iwpx378 wrote

Reply to comment by Xboarder84 in New psychology research rebuts Sigmund Freud's "wrecked by success" hypothesis: People with exceptionally successful careers tend to be healthier than their less successful peers by HeinieKaboobler

agreed

in some bigger cities in India. You literally need to be wealthy to experience fresh air and experience greenery in neighborhood.

These factors are simply very large and would distort a study like this

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anor_wondo t1_iwpwv5d wrote

Reply to New psychology research rebuts Sigmund Freud's "wrecked by success" hypothesis: People with exceptionally successful careers tend to be healthier than their less successful peers by HeinieKaboobler

I'd be more happy with an indestructible source of income for next 100 years than become rich today by some event.

Due to the way fiat economy works. Success does not always mean financial security, and financial security would be the primary factor behind health over other superficial parts of someone's career

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