So then you're obviously aware that labelling neurons as "killing neurons" and "opponent neurons" is over-simplifying a much more complex learning process that is going at any given moment in any given person.
And further that the neural connections that are created (and destroyed) over one's life are, in fact, not disassociated from other thought processes that are happening at any given moment, like context recognition.
Implying that your neurons are somehow working against you because you played video games is basically saying that your brain is attempting, outside of your own spiritual free will, to turn you into a frothing green beast that is bent on smashing everything around you - probably due to some horrible nuclear experiment gone wrong, or being in possession of a magically cursed item.
One's mind is perfectly able to include the variable "context" into everything it learns. That's why we know its ok to defacate while sitting on the toilet, but not while sitting at the dinner table. In situations where one's mind is not able to introduce context into its behavioral analyses its generally considered that person suffers from a behavioral disorder such as psychopathy.
And once you get into that realm, you can't really blame it on video games anymore. Unless you're a politician. Or a lawyer. Or (shudder) both.
As much as I hate to try to educate someone so obviously well versed in the area, I'm going to anyway.
The bell that Donne mentions in the poem refers to the church bells that would sound when someone was laid to rest.
Hence the Death bell.
Hence the tolling of the Death bell.
You see where I'm going with this...
Really? Well let me trundle off and tell my daughter its ok to say it to whomever she feels like whenever she feels like it. I had no idea that was going on behind my back!
Seriously - childless geeks offering parents advice on how to raise their kid is like a user telling the sysadmin how to manage the network.
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So then you're obviously aware that labelling neurons as "killing neurons" and "opponent neurons" is over-simplifying a much more complex learning process that is going at any given moment in any given person.
And further that the neural connections that are created (and destroyed) over one's life are, in fact, not disassociated from other thought processes that are happening at any given moment, like context recognition.
Implying that your neurons are somehow working against you because you played video games is basically saying that your brain is attempting, outside of your own spiritual free will, to turn you into a frothing green beast that is bent on smashing everything around you - probably due to some horrible nuclear experiment gone wrong, or being in possession of a magically cursed item.
One's mind is perfectly able to include the variable "context" into everything it learns. That's why we know its ok to defacate while sitting on the toilet, but not while sitting at the dinner table. In situations where one's mind is not able to introduce context into its behavioral analyses its generally considered that person suffers from a behavioral disorder such as psychopathy.
And once you get into that realm, you can't really blame it on video games anymore. Unless you're a politician. Or a lawyer. Or (shudder) both.
"1. Load gun.
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2. Aim at foot.
3. Pull trigger."
4.
5. Profit ?
As much as I hate to try to educate someone so obviously well versed in the area, I'm going to anyway. The bell that Donne mentions in the poem refers to the church bells that would sound when someone was laid to rest. Hence the Death bell. Hence the tolling of the Death bell. You see where I'm going with this...
It tolls for thee I guess John Donne was a grammatically incorrect Slashdot editor as well.
Really? Well let me trundle off and tell my daughter its ok to say it to whomever she feels like whenever she feels like it. I had no idea that was going on behind my back! Seriously - childless geeks offering parents advice on how to raise their kid is like a user telling the sysadmin how to manage the network.