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cultofmetatrontoday at 10:46 AM1 replyview on HN

Doing lots of cognition heavy tasks also seems to correlate with lower dementia risk; Basicly the premise of "brain workout" apps. Thought I think if you're going to be doing brain exercises, that time would be better spent learning a new langauge or learning math or physics or art.

Incidently, People who study or do a lot of thinking heavy deep work also tend to be coffee addicts. coincidence?


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Qemtoday at 4:31 PM

> Incidently, People who study or do a lot of thinking heavy deep work also tend to be coffee addicts. coincidence?

Coffee can be quite expensive, and thinking work that requires a lot of education tends to correlate with higher income, so I wonder if coffee drinking just acted as another wealth indicator.

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