Re:Most of the Mind Can’t Tell Fact from Fiction
by spinach on Sunday September 15, 2019 @08:56AM
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Watching movies makes people want to be like what they see, why isn't it true for video games? Because it is. Obviously not everyone is going to become violent just because they play realistic violent games but it certainly inspires a subset of people to do so. It puts the idea in their head and they begin to imagine doing it. From thoughts, to words, to action.
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Re:Most of the Mind Can’t Tell Fact from Fiction
by reificator on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:15PM
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> Watching movies makes people want to be like what they see, why isn't it true for video games? Because it is.
Shouldn't we be banning slasher flicks then?
When I was watching A Nightmare on Elm Street as a kid, I never once thought "I wish I could murder people in their dreams with a glove full of knives."
Study after study refutes your unsubstantiated claim, so the burden of proof is on you here.