Being in the same room that a movie is displayed movie is not attending to it. See, eg, https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cellphones-in-theatres-1.7397439

Being in the same room that a movie is displayed movie is not attending to it. See, eg, https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cellphones-in-theatres-1.7397439 https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cellphones-in-theatres... In any case, if watching a movie is the counterexample it is probably in the category of "damning with faint evidence". This is still passive media which carries on whether or not the watcher is attending. Reading a book for an hour or two is different, because the pages don't turn themselves. People in a position to notice changes in these capabilities have noticed them. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/the-elite-college-students-who-cant-read-books/679945/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/the-eli...