Thread: Science fiction triggers 'poorer reading', study finds
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Old 11-24-2017, 07:02 PM   #44
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Thanks for the links. I did find it humourous that the "science fiction" seemed to have a military setting whereas the "narrative realism" did not. Perhaps a difference that makes no difference but again, I can't see why they did not generate the two texts without those differences. Corporal Jones vs. Jim, Engineer Grady vs. Mrs. Moyer, ensign vs. waitress, etc. None of those changes are needed to imply a science fiction setting and quite a few people of my acquaintance react badly to military settings.
I bet one of the reasons people didn't read the 'science fiction' as carefully was because they were too busy wondering why an ensign was waiting tables. .
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