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The System 1/2 schema is a popular and useful meme, but it feels limiting sometimes. I found this new paper interesting: http://journal.fr

The following is authored by Colby Davis. I am posting for him because he doesn't have an account with any karma. Someone recently requested

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-formula-for-decoding-health-news/ Their actual implementation is rather hand wavy, but I think getti

Followup to: Lifestyle interventions to increase longevity. What does it mean for exercise to be optimal? - Optimal for looks - Optimal

There is a lot of bad science and controversy in the realm of how to have a healthy lifestyle. Every week we are bombarded with new studies

Haven't had one of these for awhile. This thread is for questions or comments that you've felt silly about not knowing/understanding. Let's

At a recent meetup one of the topics of discussion was methods of introspection. This is an interesting topic to me because sometimes all it

In one project, 256 members of a health-insurance plan were invited to classes stressing the importance of exercise. Half the participants r