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> Why must moving slowly be stigmatized? Because, irrespective of your individual case, slowing down correlates strongly with ageing and diminished faculties.
https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
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I don't think it should be "stigmatized", but I will say that walking slow actually hurts me. I love museums, but that slow "museum walking" will leave my back feeling extremely sore by the end of the day. I feel like even if I covered the same distance (or longer) walking quickly, it wouldn't be nearly as painful.
Yeah, I can walk at a moderate pace literally all day with no problems and be fine the next. Plodding for a couple hours brings pain and a lot of general discomfort, and I'm very patient in general - I would love to take my time with such things, but I can't . Gotta take breaks to walk faster or jog or something to recover.
I walk slower and talk slower than I used to, and do both way slower than people I interact with. I can appreciate things better by moving slowly, with more intention, conserving my concentration and energy for matters of substance. Why must moving slowly be stigmatised? I am surrounded by people talking at such a high rate, they start responding before the other person's sentence or thought is completely expressed.…
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https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Peak HN to link an article about "spurious correlations" (and not even replying with a well thought out point yourself, just the article link) in response to a claim that slowing down is associated with aging and diminished capacity.
I'm really not sure what that means.
In any case, you think what I posted is "peak HN", seemingly as a derogative comment. Then, you say I did it "in response to a claim that slowing down is associated with aging and diminished capacity", without noticing that said claim had been done in response to a person saying they intentionally slowed down.
Not due to diminished capacity. Not due to aging. With thoughtful intent.
Then asked why slowing down must be stigmatised, and GGP answered with this correlation, which clearly doesn't track in this case. Is that not a spurious correlation? And one that leads to preconceptions and stigma nonetheless.
Why does the fact that a all people slow down with age mean we must stigmatise slowing down?
What other conditions that correlate with old age must we stigmatise?
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Why strength training, instead of, say, ultimate frisbee or pickleball?
I'm a big fan of strength training, but think it too often gets suggested as the solution to every problem, when really, we need some mix of strength training, cardio (anything from walking, to martial arts or team sports, whatever you'll actually do), mobility, and balance training. Your cardio/activity, depending on your choice could, account for a lot of this.
An obvious confounding factor is age, did they accounted for this?
> Not only does walking speed typically decrease with age, greater levels of hearing loss are linked with slower walking speed for adults of all ages.
Why is it every time there's a study posted to HN, someone feels the need to go in and say, "Have the researchers thought of $incredibly_obvious_thing?"
Are problems with the ear the cause of this (i.e., the Problem), or just another symptom of a broader problem? My impression from the article is the latter.
Seems like the obvious confounding factor is just aging: Old people have problems with hearing, and old people are also less likely to walk briskly. The subset of people with undiagnosed hearing problems probably aren't taking care of their health in general.
> Not only does walking speed typically decrease with age, greater levels of hearing loss are linked with slower walking speed for adults of all ages.
I walk slower and talk slower than I used to, and do both way slower than people I interact with. I can appreciate things better by moving slowly, with more intention, conserving my concentration and energy for matters of substance. Why must moving slowly be stigmatised? I am surrounded by people talking at such a high rate, they start responding before the other person's sentence or thought is completely expressed.…
This is typical of people with ADHD. It also drives me up the wall :)
My mom is several years into Alzheimer’s and is at a point where she requires our help for nearly every daily task. She got a hearing aid put in last year and at the same time, she walks so slowly we often need to bring a wheelchair with us to get daily tasks done when she is around. There is definitely something going on here.
A walker might help as slowness is sometimes due to fear of falling.
My mother used a wheeled walker with hand brakes for several years before we switched her to the no-wheel kind.
I walk slower and talk slower than I used to, and do both way slower than people I interact with. I can appreciate things better by moving slowly, with more intention, conserving my concentration and energy for matters of substance. Why must moving slowly be stigmatised? I am surrounded by people talking at such a high rate, they start responding before the other person's sentence or thought is completely expressed.…