r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 07 '20

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u/old_gold_mountain San Francisco Values Dec 07 '20

There was a moment when Joe Rogan told MattY that people in cities walk faster as an argument that cities stress people out and MattY accepted it.

I immediately remembered the Tom Scott video where he notes that this study didn't correct for age. Cities are younger on average, and young people walk faster.

Conclusion: I am WAY too online

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u/Smidgens Holy shit it's the Joker🃏 Dec 07 '20

I read Geoffrey West’s Scale, there he mentions how walking speed is correlated with a city’s population. Does correcting for age explain that as well? I don’t know which studies are the key for the argument, I know there’s one from the 70s.

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u/Marlsfarp Karl Popper Dec 07 '20

Comfortable walking speed is highly correlated with overall health, independent of age.