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127 4 days ago

Lonely people are also weird because they are lonely (and don't get the calibration from human interaction).

kaffekaka 4 days ago | parent [-]

The article does not claim this nor support the claim. It merely says that loneliness is associated with being "weird". No causality.

Oarch 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's possible to reverse this and infer the more mainstream your thoughts of these celebrities, the more popular you are / will be.

darkerside 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Well, exactly. Parents poster is pointing out that the cause is ambiguous. Actually, technically, they are attributing causality to the opposite direction, but in practice, I'd say it gets the point across.

viciousvoxel 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

My intuition is that it goes both ways and it's a feedback loop/downward spiral.

wigglyartichoke 3 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, a social feedback loop, but the internal feedback loop is what causes the downward spiral

kaffekaka 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Indeed, but the article does not mention causality at all.