Gamers Are Fitter (and Sadder) Than You Think

missb writes "According to NewScientist.com, online gamers are no 'couch potatoes'. US researchers quizzed players of the role-playing game EverQuest II, and found adult gamers to be in better physical condition than the average American. The downside, however, was the gamers reported more cases of depression and substance abuse than their compatriots."

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i have a third nominee:

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"that's a strawman argument"

(smack's forehead)

people hurl "strawman" all the time when you are trying to establish an analogy or broaden the discussion. as if it is actually supposed to mean anything, as if it is a valid retort. saying "i don't wish to broaden the subject matter, i wish to focus on this narrow topic" or "i think your analogy is flawed and here's why..." are, meanwhile, valid and useful replies. parroting "strawman!" meanwhile means absolutely nothing

dear logic 101 flunkies:

we, here at slashdot and elsewhere on the wider web, are not very impressed when you puff out your chest and say:

1. "correlation is not causation"
2. "you can't prove a negative"
3. "that's a strawman argument"

we understand what these concepts mean. we understood those concepts long before we formulated the words you are responding to. the 3 statements above in no way dispel the points we made. you haven't in any way formulated a valid reply when you say one of these 3 things. at the very best, you've made a smarmy, thoughtless, smug, self-satisfied kneejerk effort that does not, in fact, say anything valuable whatsoever

please next, time, try to put a little intellectual effort in your reply, or don't bother replying at all. uttering one of the 3 phrases above simply prove you are intellectually lazy or intellectually dishonest