Chess grandmasters live longer than the general population and have a similar survival advantage to Olympic medalists.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196938 …
Similar longevity effect seen for elite classical musicians and symphony conductors. More generally, we have lots of work from cognitive epidemiology showing positive correlations between general intelligence and longevity.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_epidemiology …
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Mens sana in corpore sano. And vice versa.
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The mental health of geniuses is up for debate
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That's pretty surprising, considering how often orchestral musicians want to murder their conductor.
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What's the hypothesized mechanism that underpins the longevity bump?
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Well I guess I'm screwed...
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Did anyone study causality? Maybe less lead paint = more chess, better health?
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Essentially, the more you work your brain and body, the longer it lasts.
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Bravo Boris !
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Isn’t epidemiology very flawed?
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