Not a controlled experiment, just a study of self-reported “values” and well-being survey data. It appears it was only tracking very short term effects, on the order of days, which seems like it would ignore the presupposed benefits of long term achievement.
If I play video games every weekend instead of developing a career and building a family, maybe I’ll feel better in the short term (though, having done that, I doubt it?), but how will I feel in 10 years?
Also the title lists “Hobbies vs Achievements” which isn’t exactly what the study seems to be, they list “self direction vs conformity” which isn’t really the same thing at all.
But based on the quality of the pseudoscience ads, maybe neurosciencenews.com is more of the latter.
If I play video games every weekend instead of developing a career and building a family, maybe I’ll feel better in the short term (though, having done that, I doubt it?), but how will I feel in 10 years?
Also the title lists “Hobbies vs Achievements” which isn’t exactly what the study seems to be, they list “self direction vs conformity” which isn’t really the same thing at all.
But based on the quality of the pseudoscience ads, maybe neurosciencenews.com is more of the latter.