Re:Exercise 'keeps the mind sharp' in over-50s, study finds
by pc86 on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:17AM
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What is rude about them?
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Re:Exercise 'keeps the mind sharp' in over-50s, study finds
by interfixus on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:46PM
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It's really just the general prescriptivism of the workout-crowd that gets me.
I'm quite capable of handling maintenance chores on my own mind & body, thank you, but this newfangled evangelism keeps coming at me from all angles.
Re:Exercise 'keeps the mind sharp' in over-50s, study finds
by pc86 on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @09:48AM
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Working out is good for you. That's an empirical fact. I don't think it does anyone any favors to pretend that it's not. Obviously if you have injuries you should modify and scale workouts appropriately. But not working out is making a conscious choice to be less healthy. That's fine if that's where your priorities lie, but it's still a conscious choice to be less healthy, not simply a difference of opinion. It's much closer to choosing to smoke cigarettes than it is choosing to use a different text editor.
Re:Exercise 'keeps the mind sharp' in over-50s, study finds
by lawik on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @07:35AM
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I get that. I try not to push people that don't actually want a push. And I know people that get really turned off of a thing if people are too enthusiastic about it or pushing it too hard at them. Sometimes I feel it too.
I feel it is pretty common in tech, especially as people are used to pitching their "good" or "correct" solutions to people bringing up a problem.