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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 30

    Health Nerd Retweeted Ethan Mollick

    People who are optimistic live longer No possible way this association could be caused by biases in the datahttps://twitter.com/emollick/status/1398793478776164354 …

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    Ethan MollickVerified account @emollick
    Optimism turns out to be a huge predictor of extraordinary longevity. Two studies, one 30 years long and the other 10 years, found that high optimism was linked to 11%-15% greater lifespans, even taking into account socioeconomic factors, health & more. https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/37/18357.full.pdf … pic.twitter.com/wdKNVFBuKM
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    1:58 PM - 30 May 2021
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    • Diego Alburez Mihaela Dascălu, MD Mathematiker plädiert für Ruhe und Rationalität Dennis Sweitzer (PhD) Joan Madia avid collector of dust Ursa the Hopeful Ilya Kashnitsky Fact-Based Reality
    25 replies 38 retweets 269 likes
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 30

        I think the default assumption in cases like this should be that of course optimism is associated with good health it'd be WEIRD if it wasn't unless we expect existing health issues to make people happier

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 30

        To put it another way - is it likely that being optimistic is an independent state that influences health or is it a marker for other things in life that benefit health?

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      1. Jonathan Doemuch‏ @doemuch May 30
        Replying to @GidMK

        Hope so!

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      1. Ryan Radecki, MD MS‏Verified account @emlitofnote May 30
        Replying to @GidMK

        Sorry, @GidMK, @CT_Bergstrom has already claimed the @callin_bull mantle. 😉

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      1. dilutz‏ @lutzdi May 30
        Replying to @GidMK

        Category mixing arguments like this are null.

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      1. Alice de Sampaio Kalkuhl‏ @quantumlandbook May 30
        Replying to @GidMK

        Did they... did they not check whether the longevity could be causing the optimism rather than the other way around?

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      1. Jasper 'Lope - Enough is Enough‏ @Jasperlope May 30
        Replying to @GidMK

        Are they talking about optimism dosage, here?pic.twitter.com/oD0UDPfHG5

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      2. Greg Dore‏ @GregDore2 May 30
        Replying to @GidMK

        I’m confounded that my optimism is being questioned.

        1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
      3. Original Batch Nic‏ @drainbownick May 30
        Replying to @GregDore2 @GidMK

        Get back to me when you’re like way older Greg

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲 #BLM  🏳️‍🌈 📝‏ @backupbear May 30
        Replying to @GidMK @KoparaFallsKid

        “We interviewed 7,341 dead people and found that none of them were optimistic about their future.”

        1 reply 0 retweets 35 likes
      3.  💧Robyn D 💉 💉‏ @KoparaFallsKid May 30
        Replying to @backupbear @GidMK

        ☺️ Very good!

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