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4434906 No.4434906 [Reply] [Original]

Does watching T.V really make you stupid?
Or does it just occupy time in which you could've been reading a book, making yourself 'smarter'
>Are there any books that can actually make you smarter?

>> No.4434924
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4434924

Related:
I saw this TEDx video a few days ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoT7qH_uVNo

The talk is quite interesting and on 11:30 they show mice experiments, which suggests that it's unhealthy (to watch too much TV, at least as a child)

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>>4434924
>as a child
I guess I'm fucked.

>> No.4434953

bump

>> No.4434955

>Never read through own free-will
>Watch more TV than I should
>More intelligent than most people I know, although the general population is retarded so that doesn't say much

Reading is overrated.

>> No.4434975

Dumbly absorbing content as scheduled is bad for you.

Seeking out and interacting with the content you absorb is good for you.

>> No.4434983

>>4434955
...this might have something to do with my ADD (I actually have it, trust me) but I'm not an idiot from it.

>> No.4434985

>>4434924
This right here. Over stimulation is bad for you. Especially when you're a child. guess you're fucked now.

>> No.4434992

>>4434975
thread solved, next one.

>> No.4434997

>>4434906
It depends what you watch. Certain TV shows can teach you things, and make you more knowledgeable. Shows that do not, do not make you stupider, although they do take up your time.

>> No.4435008

>>4434975
>Seeking out and interacting
Do you mean vidya ?

>> No.4435030

>>4434997
Reported for Harriet trolling. Enjoy your ban.

>>>/hm/

>> No.4435031

>>4435008

Well, yes.

But getting to watch any shows from the whole catalog of human creativity, on demand, rather than having to wait for them to be scheduled, is better for you. It allows you to develop your own tastes, rather than just follow the lowest common denominator.

And interacting could be such things as writing a blog about it, discussing it online, doing some fanfiction, making a parody, and whatever. Sure, this was possible in the stupid ages, but it's so streamlined right now that it's a huge factor.

>> No.4435045

>>4435031
so interaction is the key ... as I suspected , thanks anon :3