news.scotsman.com wrote: > Dr Sigman claims the effect on the brain is not stimulating, > but almost narcotic, numbing the areas of the brain stimulated by, for > example, reading.
That's the main purpose of TV, after all: Numbing the masses... If it makes them ill as a side-effect, all the better for Big Pharma -- so they get real RoI for the advertising... --- Pete Vincent wrote: > The problems listed are all related to the indolence and passivity > inherent in one-way television. No, e.g. the melatonin link is related to looking into the tube at night. The psych links are i.a. related to content and tempi. I've even seen a link to allergies from CRT dust-particle accelleration/induction... > The physical issues are best addressed by getting up and going > outside for a walk. Even better is climbing hills. You're in > a great location for that, you should be able to hike up a > different 500m hill every weekend. *Climbing* hills is dangerous especially for couch potatoes (they tend to get heart attacks or strokes). The most healthy kind of exercise is "plenty of movement but little strain", e.g. cycling in the flat or slightly downhill. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
