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Why would you want such a culture? People love movies and probably can learn how untrue or true they are by just googling stuff. I certainly do.
by sprafa 5y ago
Why would you want such a culture? People love movies and probably can learn how untrue or true they are by just googling stuff. I certainly do.
- alisonkisk 5y agoBecause knowledge is power over the environment and filling your head with lies is hard to unlearn. googling doesn't disabuse you of ingrained lies.
- sprafa 5y agoYou can not watch the movies you know. Nobody forced you to. Movies are just fairy tales and people enjoy fairy tales for good reason. Stories are actually a very efficient way to sharing information. I could why in detail but I’d just say it’s the way we process information is more emotional than logical. A fairy tale is essentially a hyper compressed emotional truth (when it is a GOOD fairy tale).
- mcv 5y ago"Want" or "is good" are two different things. We're living in a culture where a lot of people clearly love believing all sorts of untruths, and don't care much for the real truth. Is that good? I think not. Of course movies are for the most part relatively harmless entertainment, but they too do shape expectations. I've heard of Juries rejecting reasonable evidence because crime shows have taught them to expect iron clad proof.