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    1. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 4 Dec 2017
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      Research findings that show harmful effects of violent video games are likely to be"false positives", conjured up by bad science. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252717300973 …pic.twitter.com/lWizwdV19V

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      Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 4 Dec 2017
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      The idea that people blindly imitate ("ape") behaviors they see in the media betrays a cartoonish view of human nature with which psychology embarrasses itself. People who watch football don't play football, they drink beer. http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-39598-004 …pic.twitter.com/2JPsCeT86Y

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        2. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 4 Dec 2017
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          Counterpoint: if pro and college football weren't televised, the youth football participation rate would plummet.

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        3. Umut Berk Bilgiç‏ @umutberkbilgic 4 Dec 2017
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          That plummet would not be caused by lack of players to "imitate" but rather a lack of incentives and thus motivation i.e. lack of players to look up to (their lives, the way they play, their athletic prowess, popularity, money they earn etc.)

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        1. Malte Elson‏ @maltoesermalte 4 Dec 2017
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          Oh you're gonna love this paper then: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550610396586 …pic.twitter.com/QbIIVuqvzl

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        1. Howard B. Owens‏ @howardowens 4 Dec 2017
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          Ah, but it frustrates the hell out of me that when I watch basketball to know I can no longer play basketball.

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        1. Crazy Swedish Guy‏ @OdiousRepeater 4 Dec 2017
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          And there are some really easy controls that you don't have to be a hardcore gamer to figure out. Like Tetris at the highest level of difficulty/stress, or a sometimes unfair, frustrating driving game like Super Mario Kart. Subject matter on screen < low-level emotional triggers!

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        1. 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧‏ @dsrudmann 4 Dec 2017
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          This of course, ignores the known "numbing effect" of exposure to violence, and all social learning theory. I recall recent video games having embedded links to weapons from the game websites; I can't think of a better example of the industry expecting associated learning.

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