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So long...
Jouster:
--- Quote from: boykster on August 15, 2007, 12:29:34 pm ---Do you "do" movies?
check out Idiocracy...right up your alley for you guys that "don't do books"
:cheers:
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How so? Because I...er...we have too much other stuff to do, whether it be business or fun, to read...we are unintelligent? I'll put my IQ up there against anyone else's...I read plenty on-line and industry related. But I don't enjoy reading books. Probably never will.
Reading a book only engages my sense of sight...to read the lines...nothing else. Given that...my mind will wander in about 2.6 pages. A movie on the other hand engages hearing & sight and unless it is a bad chick flick or foreign film, will hold my attention for the entire movie...and spawn hours of imaginative thought following the movie. That's something that books almost never do for me.
Jouster
billf:
--- Quote from: Jouster on August 15, 2007, 12:49:45 pm ---Reading a book only engages my sense of sight...to read the lines...nothing else. Given that...my mind will wander in about 2.6 pages. A movie on the other hand engages hearing & sight
Jouster
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Maybe you should try reading aloud to yourself. :D
Havok:
--- Quote from: Jouster on August 15, 2007, 12:49:45 pm ---Reading a book only engages my sense of sight...to read the lines...nothing else. Given that...my mind will wander in about 2.6 pages. A movie on the other hand engages hearing & sight and unless it is a bad chick flick or foreign film, will hold my attention for the entire movie...and spawn hours of imaginative thought following the movie. That's something that books almost never do for me.
Jouster
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Wow - that blows my mind, if that is your experience when reading. I read probably about 4 - 5 books a month. (I've slowed down now that I have kids, working on updating my MCSE and distance learning)
When I read, the story develops in mind, I imagine the scene, the characters, how they, speak what they look like, how they react, etc. I create the entire story from what I read. On the other hand, a movie has all that, but doesn't engage me in quite the same way: it's all force-fed to me, no imagination required, just watch.
I believe there have been studies on this, and people's brain activity has been shown to be markedly less when just watching a show, as opposed to reading...
Chris G:
--- Quote from: Jouster on August 15, 2007, 12:49:45 pm ---How so? Because I...er...we have too much other stuff to do, whether it be business or fun, to read...we are unintelligent? I'll put my IQ up there against anyone else's...I read plenty on-line and industry related. But I don't enjoy reading books. Probably never will.
Reading a book only engages my sense of sight...to read the lines...nothing else. Given that...my mind will wander in about 2.6 pages. A movie on the other hand engages hearing & sight and unless it is a bad chick flick or foreign film, will hold my attention for the entire movie...and spawn hours of imaginative thought following the movie. That's something that books almost never do for me.
Jouster
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It doesn't say you're unintelligent, it just means you're closing yourself off to a great medium for entertainment and avenue for broadening your mind and life experience. Like Havoc said, it's more than just your sense of sight that's engaged - it's your brain and your imagination. Movies and television are great for that too, just in a different way. If you truly have ADD, then maybe this just isn't possible for you - and you're certainly entitled to simply not enjoy reading. But I think you're really missing out on something, partner...
Havok:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on August 15, 2007, 02:36:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: Havok on August 15, 2007, 02:11:32 pm ---I believe there have been studies on this, and people's brain activity has been shown to be markedly less when just watching a show, as opposed to reading...
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No citation = speculation
Don't pass off your personal bias as scientific fact unless you can back it up with peer reviewed research.
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No bias - I did "read" about it...
;D
"Psychophysiologist Thomas Mulholland found that after just 30 seconds of watching television the brain begins to produce alpha waves, which indicates torpid (almost comatose) [slow] rates of activity. Alpha brain waves are associated with unfocused, overly receptive states of consciousness. A high frequency alpha waves does not occur normally when the eyes are open. In fact, Mulholland’s research implies that watching television is neurologically analogous to staring at a blank wall."
I am making an assumption here, but I would think that the results would be the same whether it is television, or a movie screen...
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