Comment by heavyset_go

> I get why people study this sort of thing and why it's useful. The thing that I don't understand is why people need studies to tell them they should skip desert, leave the phone on the counter, go outside, and ask your neighbor how they're doing.

People have all kinds of weird beliefs, and there are entire industries selling quack remedies and therapies that people, willingly and unwillingly, buy into.

Sure it won't reach everyone, but it might reach some people who genuinely thought their previous beliefs and behaviors were "correct".