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Originally Posted by Catlady
You're lumping together listening to an audiobook and watching a video, which is absurd.
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What exactly is absurd about it? The conversation the OP and I were having was about audiobooks and watching video. Would you like me to quote the relevant lines, again? Do you think "Ted Talk" and "YouTube cat videos" referred to audiobooks? Please, inform me of the absurdity, I would sincerely like to know.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
A print book and an audiobook are both primarily sending words into your brain--the same words in different ways. Watching a movie is an entirely different kind of experience.
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Again, I respectfully disagree. I know you will probably find this absurd but the way I see it, a movie is also sending words into my brain. Both aurally and visually since I often watch movies with subtitles. As for audio, I can turn that on and tune it out. If I'm listening to an audiobook and something distracts my attention from it for a moment, what? The audio will go on, my brain is no longer paying attention but my ears are still picking it up but its tuned out. That never happens with reading. It may be the same words reaching my brain but in this case, means matter.
Speaking solely for myself which should be obvious but I can see that needs to be pointed out here.