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remember when there used to be all these articles about how people in europe live longer than americans because they drink red wine and eat more olive oil or bullshit like that? turns out it was universal healthcare the whole time
Well yes, they have to come up with a spin in order to make sure people aren’t attributing these lifespan increases to socialism. Otherwise peasants might get rights, and we don’t want that do we?
“If an effect can be explained by socioeconomic status, it’s probably that rather than the thing that you’re measuring.”
I mean this isn’t quite the effect of socioeconomic status as much as it is the effect of removing socioeconomic status from the equation.
So actually yeah it sort of is.
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I have pretty good insurance and I really should go to the doctor, but I’ll have to pay 2 grand out of pocket before the insurance covers everything. It resets in January so I’m going to wait.
Wait, what if olive oil and red wine was the carrots give good eyesight story of the recent times?
Owning horses makes you live longer too. Or maybe it’s that only rich people own horses? Does putting the olive oil on the horses help at all? I’m down to try anything at this point.
Classic “Post hoc ergo propter hoc”
I’d be interested if anyone has ferreted out if that does make you live longer once adjusted for income. On the one hand you get a bunch of physical exercise and emotional bonding caring for the animal (moving hay, moving water, moving the horse, moving manure, etc.) which I suspect would still improve life expectancy. On the other hand I know plenty of folks who have been killed or ended up with serious spinal injuries due to riding accidents.
