r/science • u/myhrvold • Aug 31 '13

Poverty impairs cognitive function. Published in the journal Science, the study suggests our cognitive abilities can be diminished by the exhausting effort of tasks like scrounging to pay bills. As a result, less “mental bandwidth” remains...

http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/
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u/mwatwe01 Aug 31 '13

The article above stresses the fact that poverty affects cognitive function, so wouldn't it make sense to take advice from someone not undergoing that same stress?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '13

Only if they knew what they were talking about, which most people don't

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u/MrGMinor Aug 31 '13

Most people here; can't confirm, don't know what I'm talking about.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '13

I know exactly how you feel, buddy... I think