Heavy Drinkers Outlive Non-Drinkers

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Aramike

PS: I guess Dowly's gonna live forver.

I got halfway through the article and was going to post that.

[Tchocky]

hic

[Bilge_Rat]

3 drinks a day every day is moderate?

no need to feel guilty then!

[Gorduz]

After finishing my Physics degree I took a year studing pedagogics, and read several papers using regression analysis to find correlation between sociological parameters like grades and family income. After seeing what you can come up with I have lost my faith in regression analysis as a scientific tool unless its used in conjuction with some repeated experiment.

This is a classical example, note in specific the line:

"But even after controlling for nearly all imaginable variables - socioeconomic status, level of physical activity, number of close friends, quality of social support and so on"

Since you only can account for almost all variables but not all I do have trouble believing it. The important part is the causal explanation offered. Is it sound?

In this case it actually might be a sound explenation:

One important reason is that alcohol lubricates so many social interactions, and social interactions are vital for maintaining mental and physical health. As I pointed out last year, nondrinkers show greater signs of depression than those who allow themselves to join the party.

But actually most people I know who abstains are more social than my average friend, so I don't think this will apply for them anyway

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Gorduz

After finishing my Physics degree I took a year studing pedagogics, and read several papers using regression analysis to find correlation between sociological parameters like grades and family income. After seeing what you can come up with I have lost my faith in regression analysis as a scientific tool unless its used in conjuction with some repeated experiment.

This is a classical example, note in specific the line:

"But even after controlling for nearly all imaginable variables - socioeconomic status, level of physical activity, number of close friends, quality of social support and so on"

Since you only can account for almost all variables but not all I do have trouble believing it. The important part is the causal explanation offered. Is it sound?

In this case it actually might be a sound explenation:

One important reason is that alcohol lubricates so many social interactions, and social interactions are vital for maintaining mental and physical health. As I pointed out last year, nondrinkers show greater signs of depression than those who allow themselves to join the party.

But actually most people I know who abstains are more social than my average friend, so I don't think this will apply for them anyway

Buzzkill.

Just kidding.

In all seriousness, that was the point that stuck out most to me as well.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

hic

Well done.