eli_sennesh comments on Lifestyle interventions to increase longevity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 March 2014 04:35:00PM 1 point [-]

You don't know that.

I have not run a statistically significant experiment, no, but I have simpler never heard of anyone even ignoring their BMI when it's a reason to eat more and exercise less. You could say that I have more than a completely baseless prior but less than a completely well-evidenced posterior.

Comment author: Lumifer 03 March 2014 04:58:45PM 1 point [-]

I have simpler never heard of anyone even ignoring their BMI when it's a reason to eat more and exercise less.

Huh? You're making no sense.

The great majority of people ignore their BMI because they don't care. A notable number ignores their BMI because they have better metrics. I ignore my BMI because I think that it's a silly number that tells me nothing that I don't already know.