Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for brain plasticity (2018)

Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for bra... by paulcole on Saturday July 25, 2020 @02:09PM (#23951233)

Funny how HN eats up an n=38 study when it confirms their biases as opposed to when it doesn’t.

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Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for bra... by secant on Saturday July 25, 2020 @02:14PM (#23951265)

Ah yes, dance being the superior exercise, I have to admit my father engrained it into me as a child.

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Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for bra... by paulcole on Saturday July 25, 2020 @03:00PM (#23951554)

I meant HN’s irresistible catnip being anything that contradicts mainstream conventional wisdom — not dance specifically.

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Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for bra... by veggieburglar on Saturday July 25, 2020 @09:29PM (#23953699)

I think HN also has a very strong anti-sports leaning, especially for “traditional” sports.

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Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for bra... by xnkap on Saturday July 25, 2020 @02:33PM (#23951391)

If something is published, even in the soft sciences, it is always an uphill struggle on HN to criticize the paper.

At the same time one can quote Feynman on social sciences or link to the relevant xkcd. Independent minds ...

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