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When people suck at HALO, they will go to any extreme to ban video games....


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It never ceases to astonish me that people think they can understand neuroscience with a combination of "common sense" and introspection. The brain is insanely complex, and it shouldn't be surprising that playing video games exercises some parts of the brain and suppresses others. For instance, we already know that the brain activates differently when intensively learning a new game versus playing a familiar one.

But heaven forbid that an actual scientist who did some actual research might reach a conclusion that you dislike. Obviously, she can't possibly be right, and obviously a director of the Royal Institution won't know of those other studies, so you should certainly dismiss anything she has to say.

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Secondly, her argument falls down when she argues that gamers don't learn "important life lessons". Oddly enough, the majority of gamers are aged 25-35 and hold down full-time jobs.

I don't care, it'll be forgotten about by tomorrow.]]>May 14th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/05/14/computers-and-video-games-making-us-lazy-fat-and-stupid/http://www.switched.com/2009/05/14/computers-and-video-games-making-us-lazy-fat-and-stupid/
to suggest that the internet - which is the largest, broadest information source in existence - will inevitably make us stupid is...stupid.]]>May 14th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/05/14/computers-and-video-games-making-us-lazy-fat-and-stupid/http://www.switched.com/2009/05/14/computers-and-video-games-making-us-lazy-fat-and-stupid/
As for you maty, your very first line shows you to be infantile and short on life lessons. Ironic, no?

#5: Reading comprehension. You lack it.]]>May 14th 2009 10:05AM