SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
[...] There is a clear correlation between close proximity to a body of water and better psychological and overall health outcomes, said Michael Depledge, chair of Environment and Human Health at the University of Exeter Medical School.
Depledge has been studying the effects of so-called "blue environments" for a decade, helping to shepherd a number of research projects that have caught the attention of the U.K. government and the European Union (EU).
Spending time near the water, "promotes physical activity and general fitness," reducing the incidence of diabetes and other diseases associated with obesity.
But it also slows down our heart rate and reduces stress hormones, boosting our mental health, which Depledge calls "the second great epidemic we're facing."
I told you fishing was good for the soul but you were all poo-poo, he's a redneck, poo-poo.
Source: Being Near a Body of Water Makes Us Calmer and Healthier, Science Shows
(Score: 5, Funny) by rigrig on Saturday July 28 2018, @03:20AM (1 child)
So say I.
Strong anecdotal evidence indicates that the correlation between me drinking beer and me living forever is almost 100%.
Usually I tend to read TFA for stories like this and decide if it's worth my time[1] to point out the load of errors.
I really tried, but even halfway through I just couldn't continue reading because it felt like a worse waste of time than this[2] comment.
So I'd be rather ticked off if the rest of the article refuted these points, but here we go:
* correlation vs causation: duh: people like "nature", so the people who can afford to spend time near water are the same people that don't need to do unhealthy jobs
(that didn't support our requests for more funding very well, so we made up some interesting-sounding stuff)
* "health": instead of measuring anything (like lifespan?),
[1] I've trained myself to read the stuff I intend to post and ask myself "will this post[5] make the world a better place[3]?" before pressing submit.
[2] Which is saying a lot, because this is me getting home after 4am, dutifully fixing all the red squiggly lines my browser tells me are Wrong.
[3] "better" for me, trying to take into account my appreciation of +1 mods, the "warm glow" I get from improving other people's world[4] and the feeble hope that idiots will be banned from the internet.
[4] AKA "the" world
[5] Hah, no, but (blahblah sunken time costs fallacy, for the lulz[2]) let's post it anyway. Not posting this would severely impact my expected value of beer (which would be a shame, because "lots of" has already been scheduled for tomorrow, so that's going to happen no matter what.)
No one remembers the singer.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 28 2018, @09:12AM
Dude, either you have a severe beer withdrawal symptom or had too much beer.
Try vodka next time.