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Originally Posted by HarryT
On the contrary, it's an inescapable consequence of the statement that listening to a book is the same activity as reading it. It's an elementary application of formal logic: if "A" and "B" are equivalent, then any conclusion resulting from "A" must also result from "B".
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But A and B are not equivalent in this case are they? When you read text you have to visualize solely in your head what is happening. But when you watch a movie you are seeing another person's interpretation of that series of events. For example if I read Dracula by Bram Stoker then I visualize the characters, what they look like, what the count's castle looks like, his coach pulling up to the Borgo pass etc. But if I watch one of the many movies about the count and his exploits I am faced with just accepting the film makers interpretation of what the characters look like and what the setting looks like.
Two totally different kinds of experiences. It takes less effort to watch a movie than it does to visualize things on our own. Likewise I think it also takes less effort to listen to a voice than it does to read text. There is a good reason for that as well. We (as a species) have spoken words for far longer than we have been writing things down and each of us learns to listen to other voices unless we are born deaf (as well as learning how to talk) long before we learn how to read.