No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour

Re:No evidence to support link between violent video games a... by yters on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:05PM (#16164871)

Seems sensible to say it trains the psyche, and then when inhibitions are lowered the psyche acts out. E.g. Freud's theory of the id, ego and super ego or Plato's multipart soul. Media trains the id and ego with imagery and messaging, and when the super ego loses its control the id and ego take over.

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Re:No evidence to support link between violent video games a... by stcredzero on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @01:44AM (#16165972)

I suspect that Freud’s place in psychology will be like Galen’s in medicine.

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Re:No evidence to support link between violent video games a... by yters on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @02:42PM (#16171071)

Yes he has a lot of weird. But some big picture views of his are not too off. The id, ego, super ego is at least a useful heuristic.

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