Rick Carlson wrote:
Lan Barnes wrote:On Tue, February 20, 2007 10:43 am, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:Lan Barnes wrote:Actually a rather thoughtful article on the psychology of flaming in theNew York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/health/psychology/20essa.htmlThe effect is similar to that of Road Rage: the car protects us from harm, so we are able to project a harsher image. So, too, does the computer screen.I am not disagreeing with you, but anyone who thinks a car protects himfrom harm as he swerves to sideswipe someone needs serious help. A freewayis not a video game.And yet...Children without any real-world experience grow up playing Grand Theft Auto where it IS a video game. Their reflexes and emotional conditioning are set before they get the real world experience.
Yes. In the most general sense. And for playing GTA and similar video games. Not driving real cars. Or haven't you noticed the general lack of skill of newly-licensed teenagers turned loose on the roads.
Anybody else hear any Pavlovian bells ringing?
No.
Is it just a coincidence that the Army says they find it very easy to train new recruits to become tank drivers because they have already honed their skills playing realistic video games?Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is this the same Army that's in charge of the Army Corps of Engineers and Walter Reed Hospital? The same Army that now recruits drug users, gang bangers, and illiterate high school dropouts by the carload?
The same Army that is so incompetent in Iraq that the Marines keep having to redeploy to retake the same territory over and over because the Army can't hold it?
Yeah, I'm convinced.It's very easy to train anyone when your expectations are so low. I remember a time when if you fell below about 80% on a test in a service school, you got thrown out of school and back into the non-rated mob of designated bullet catchers.
But that was when I was in the Navy nearly 40 years ago, so maybe _my_ expectations are too /high/.
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