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Originally Posted by newmark  I think that no one is saying that sometimes watching films damages your health. |
I will find some links and report back. I assure you some ARE saying it. But as I said, alcohol is also bad, but some are saying that a glass of wine a day is "good for the heart". The important thing, however, is to KNOW if alcohol is or is not harmful. How much of it you decide to indulge in is your business. Life is short anyway. But that doesn't change the nature of the problem - how alcohol acts on the brain, and the chemical transformations it produces - I think it's good to KNOW.
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Originally Posted by ginkgo Now for anyone saying that watching movies is bad, then if they make a movie about Steve Pavlina's life (where he played himself in the movie), then they are saying that it would be bad to watch that movie. Also what if a terrorist watches the movie Gandhi and then becomes a non-violent person and does not kill your kids? |
I hope you realize you are talking about a completely different thing than this thread is all about. Not that I mind you taking the discussion elsewhere. As long as we also remain focused on understanding the relation between watching fast-moving, ever changing scenes while remaining still and focusing your eyes on a static screen that creates the illusion of 3D dynamic action. I think I have made my point clear by now - I don't care about the content. We are not making movie reviews here. Movies have helped ME as well become a much better person. The question is - have they also made my brain much slower? By 0.000001% ? I don't care. I want to understand the effect. And I will show you what some experts are saying on the topic, at least, from what I could find on the net. Maybe with your help we will find out that those people are misguided or that they are not experts. But maybe they are.
Are you sure that we wouldn't be much more socially intelligent had we NEVER EVER seen any MOVING IMAGES that were not happening in REALITY ?