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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
Please google. As I mentioned a few posts ago, I read this stuff a long time ago and prefer not to debate it, because I don't care to convince people.
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I read a study about 10 years ago in my psych physiology class that said it's the content/quality, not the medium, that affects us most. Today's tv shows are a far cry from what they were in in the 1960s. I've tried to watch Bonanza, The Waltons, etc. (I'm picking random old shows. I have no idea when these aired.) They ARE mind-numbing shows.
Of course, by the assumption that "LCD makes us stupid", this also means that highly engaging video games also make us dumb. Does playing chess online versus playing chess in person make me stupider? No, because it's about my thought process and the way I'm able to reason through the situation and create strategies.
Perhaps some people feel that reading is superior as hold-over from the days when the upper class were the only ones who could afford books? Reading an unengaging book is no different from watching an unengaging tv show. But hey, let's spout research that was performed in 1969 and never duplicated.