I have seen no evidence to support that assertion.
Life is short relative to what? You will only experience one life, so to you, life is both infinitely long and only a brief moment. Life is what you make it; so you should make the most of it by applying scientific rigor to maximizing what is important to you.
Re:Unquantified
by jacobolus on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @05:48PM
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You might enjoy Alfie Kohn’s book Punished by Rewards, which rigorously explores the demotivational and anti-creative effects of scoring things. https://amzn.com/B01K0RH8L6
Life is short relative to what? You will only experience one life, so to you, life is both infinitely long and only a brief moment. Life is what you make it; so you should make the most of it by applying scientific rigor to maximizing what is important to you.