| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["Nature"],"appCategory":"Nature","appTitle":"Do you think enjoying nature is a sheer waste of time ? State your opinion.?","appBody":"<p>No, being out in nature is not a waste of time, and <strong>there are many benefits from spending time in nature</strong>. Let's take a look at some of the positive benefits that have been associated with spending time in nature: </p>\n<p>- <strong>Increased physical health</strong>. Not only will people who spend time in nature get more fit (compared to a non-nature spending time group), but they will also be more physically healthy. There's a famous paper where hospital patients had increased recovery rates by being exposed to nature! </p>\n<p>- <strong>Increased cognitive performance</strong>. Spending time in nature or the wild has been shown to have a positive effects on the overall cognitive performances of the people who do it. </p>\n<p>- <strong>Reduced stress and anxiety</strong>. I find this to be pretty obvious, since I always feel relaxed when I am surrounded by wilderness or nature. But there's also scientific studies to back up this claim. </p>\n<p>- <strong>Increased psychological well-being</strong>. Spending time in or close to nature can apparently have a positive impact on the psychological well-being of a person, which is great when you consider the high rate of psychological problems many societies have today. Maybe spending more time outside will help lower this rate?</p>\n<p>- And more, like feeling of <strong>increased spirituality etc</strong>. </p>\n<p>And these are not just random claims I make, because the effects of spending time in nature has been studied a lot by social scientists. However, ecologists like myself haven't been that interested in this topic yet, but we're seeing an increased amount of papers published in this field lately. There is some uncertainty as to exactly what it takes for nature to have an effect. Is it all the \"greeness\", the biodiversity, the perceived biodiversity, or something else? We're not quite sure yet, but I think we will learn more about this in the coming decade. </p>\n<p>If you want to learn a bit about this topic, then I would suggest checking out a paper called \"<em>What are the Benefits of Interacting with Nature?</em>\" by L. E. Keniger et al. , which can be found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709294/. This is a meta-study that goes into detail about this exact question, and takes a closer look at how different cultures perceive the benefits from interacting with nature. There seem to be a lot of cultural differences, so it's an interesting read. </p>\n<p>And to finish this, let me share a photo I took of a natural setting that certainly made me have increased well-being:</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmNojRnuRBTC6kBy7ivBUXeizCofrkeoeJ26NNTEBMaaxH\" /></p>\n<p>This is high up in the mountains in Norway, in the middle of nowhere. Not another human anywhere close to me, just silence and nature! </p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"f37vlqe95","appParentAuthor":"dijin","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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