Inequality, decay of democratic institutions linked to accelerated ageing

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02181-x

by rntn • 1 year ago

45 8 1 year ago

Isn't this the same journal that openly announced it would be rejecting any scientific studies that were not left enough for them? They openly state "Science shouldn't offend".

They openly "reject any article deemed to pose a threat to disadvantaged groups, irrespective of whether or not its central claims are true, or at least well-supported."

https://lawrencekrauss.substack.com/p/science-shouldnt-offen...

I will seek my answers to the universe elsewhere.

MithrilTuxedo• 1 year ago

Well, their standards haven't been lowered. They have been raised to your dissatisfaction, and this article still made it through.

I will seek my answers to the universe elsewhere.

You'll have to look elsewhere for articles that pose a threat to disadvantaged groups.

wonderwonder2• 1 year ago

Friend you misinterpret my point. I don't care that they post articles about disadvantaged groups or from particular view points. My concern is that when you openly state that you will decline valid scientific studies that may contradict other studies you publish then you are sacrificing your credibility as a journal. How can we trust science when one of its gateways actively states they will silence valid science for ideological reasons. You cannot. That is why I will not trust this journal. Open bias in a factual pursuit such as this is anathema.

uniqueuid• 1 year ago

The causal links in this analysis are very heterogeneous.

Some causes for accelerated aging seem relatively direct and plausible with causal models that have supporting literature, i.e. air quality.

On the societal level, it's much more complicated. For example, there will be an immense number of paths how education affect aging, some positive and some negative.

I wonder how much of those effects boil down to a few highly influential (unobserved?) covariates, such as physical activity, drug consumption and crime rate.

[edit] by the way, look at the replication materials - I've rarely seen such clean code. Kudos!

https://github.com/euroladbrainlat/Biobehavioral-age-gaps/bl...

logicchains• 1 year ago

Any biological effect on the relative speed at which individuals age would be far dominated by the actual huge increases in average population age that countries are seeing (e.g. the mean age in Germany is now over 45 years). Not only does an older population mean a more conservative population, because people on average are more conservative when they're older, but an aging population also means each young person has to support more and more retirees, putting an increasing burden on the living standards of Gen Z that causes some to doubt the fairness of the system they inhabit.

Joel_Mckay• 1 year ago

Scott Galloway’s TED Talk covers a lot of the current reality young people face entering the workforce.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJ4hkpQW8E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjNV6JwlV2s

It is complicated, but may become more pronounced as the baby-boomer generation retires. =3

Mars008• 1 year ago

each young person has to support more and more retirees,

And here comes AI...

bhouston• 1 year ago

I think this can be summarized as:

1. Stress is bad for you. 2. Things that cause widespread societal stress are thus bad for you.

Economic inequality, weak democratic institutions all seem to suggest that people are more stressed as a result and I believe it is already universally acknowledged that chronic stress is bad for you.

I guess one needed a headline that gets clicks but it is sort of obvious.

Inequality, decay of democratic institutions linked to accelerated ageing

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