ciphergoth comments on Post Request Thread - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 11 April 2013 01:28AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 11 April 2013 02:21:05PM 11 points [-]

This is an example of what I mean by "very-confidently-given advice not grounded in evidence". [citation needed].

Comment author: Zaine 11 April 2013 05:58:58PM *  2 points [-]

What evidence do you require? That exercise warms you and peps you up, or that placing a pull-up bar by the loo will decrease exercise initiation motivation threshold?

The latter is a low-cost test one might as well try; do you expect studying factors that influence others' motivation will benefit you more than giving it a go yourself?

On exercise warming the body.

A good review on endorphins and: exercise; depression; anxiety.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 11 April 2013 07:47:45PM 2 points [-]

The latter is a low-cost test one might as well try; do you expect studying factors that influence others' motivation will benefit you more than giving it a go yourself?

Agreed. You don't need to see studies verifying that something works for everybody if you can just directly verify that it works for you. A hypothesis affords testing.