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Let’s be honest, your argument is no less straw man than mine. Why not watch high-resolution images of corpses? People working in medicine do this all the time
by heavenlyblue 6y ago
Let’s be honest, your argument is no less straw man than mine.
Why not watch high-resolution images of corpses? People working in medicine do this all the time.
You’re clearly making a Luddite argument: under the circumstances of two things being the same but one of them providing a worse resolution anyone reasonable would pick the higher resolution, because you can always go back to a lower resolution but not vice-versa.
- Retric 6y agoI think most people seeing such images are watching documentaries of the Holocaust, news reports of violent crimes etc. Looking away from the screen is a very common reaction, but these shots also tend to avoid closeups because most people don’t want to see it. For a more direct example people turn down gore settings in games because more detail is not always better. A Luddite argument would suggest all media was better at lower resolution, but that’s not what I am saying. Rather specific media for specific people is. Clearly some people want all the gory details even if I don’t. PS: > you can always go back to a lower resolution Having a preference is not the same as having a willingness to edit every YouTube video etc I see.