The outsize influence of middle-school friends

Re:The outsize influence of middle-school friends by nck4222 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @01:59PM (#22320330)

Anecdotes about personal experience, people you've met, and unsourced trivia don't disprove studies about populations as a whole.

Celebrities may have a much higher rate of suicide (2.9%) vs the general population (.013% in the US): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13524696_Suicide_in...

That doesn't seem like the opposite conclusion to me.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that moving could possibly give you skills, deficiencies, and desires that make it more likely you become an actor either, but that seems like a little more like speculation at this point.

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Re:The outsize influence of middle-school friends by vumgl on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:10PM (#22320440)

Depression is common among highly successful and/or popular figures. I read that depression was common among astronauts after they completed their missions. Virtually nothing that they (can) do later in life compares with the scope of their past missions, and that leads to depression or worse. These days, part of the astronaut training includes planning for their post-mission goals.

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Re:The outsize influence of middle-school friends by nate_meurer on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:36AM (#22324429)

Same for combat veterans.

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Re:The outsize influence of middle-school friends by dmos62 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:03PM (#22320363)

Don't discount anecdotes. World views, even if found to be supported by studies, are often rationalizations of inner state.

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