What I see there:

Post #427,994 by malraux 3/20/19 11:49:28 AM 3/20/19 11:49:28 AM Reply	What I see there: Unsupervised children do things that affect them poorly. Kids shouldn't play video games too much. Physical exercise is good too. None of the above say "video gaming is always bad". Studies that look for one thing and point at it as bad are suspect, as with any food-related studies. Here we go: an hour a day of video games is fine. Getting exercise is fine too. Why not do both? Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #427,999 by mmoffitt 3/20/19 2:21:05 PM 3/20/19 2:21:05 PM Reply	It's highly subjective. I doubt very much you share my profound regret of having spent so much of my brief life seated in front of a display screen, hacking away at a keyboard. To be sure, doing that allowed me to provide my family with many, many things that my father never could. In the end, though, was it worth the cost? I'd answer in the negative - which I'd bet my last nickel makes me a minority of one on this board and colors my view on time spent video gaming. Back in grad school (circa 1994 or 5), I took a course on neural networking. It was taught by a physics prof and we built a piece of software that was plugged into a multi-node system that simulated a neuron during an epileptic seizure. I was chatting with the prof one day and the topic of my job as a programmer came up. I'd had him in a handful of physics courses both as an undergrad and grad student and, knowing my general disdain for all things IT, he was surprised to hear I was a computer programmer. "YOU are a computer programmer?" he asked. "Yes," I replied. He asked, "How did that happen?" I replied, "It was a horrible accident. There were no survivors." I haven't really deviated much from that sentiment since. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #428,002 by malraux 3/20/19 3:18:07 PM 3/20/19 3:18:07 PM Reply	Feeling a little whip-sawed. So, is anecdotal evidence bad or good? Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #428,018 by mmoffitt 3/21/19 3:31:14 PM 3/21/19 3:31:14 PM Reply	I already refuted your anecdotal evidence. Your statement that these disparate groups of professionals have all concluded the same thing because of their biases doesn't isn't a compelling argument. We're going to have to agree to disagree on this point. I ain't got a cat in the fight over whether video gaming is "good" for young people or not, so I rely upon studies. You don't. Fair enough. I was merely speculating on why we could never reach agreement on this topic. None so blind ... and all that. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #428,029 by malraux 3/21/19 5:19:11 PM 3/21/19 5:19:11 PM Reply	Not disagreeing with the studies. I'm disagreeing with your interpretation of their applicability. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #428,003 by boxley 3/20/19 3:26:30 PM 3/20/19 3:26:30 PM Reply	beats digging ditches by far I have done heavy manual labor, happy to drool in front of a lapper "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman

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