Geoffrey Miller on Twitter: "Imagine you're tired and want to watch some TV: either a fictional movie that's 20% more entertaining in the short run, or a documentary that's 80% more informative in the long run. What realistic tactics can help someone choose the documentary?… https://t.co/MtFZTadW8v"

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Imagine you're tired and want to watch some TV: either a fictional movie that's 20% more entertaining in the short run, or a documentary that's 80% more informative in the long run. What realistic tactics can help someone choose the documentary?pic.twitter.com/vCbBcyW6lP

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1. Scootel Thornberry‏ @scooterpwny 23 Aug 2018
  
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  Give the dinosaurs guns
  
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1. grace‏ @gracerz 23 Aug 2018
  
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  Never watch a documentary when tired! You'll actually pay attention and not sleep. I can only fall asleep to action movies though
  
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1. Adam Kern ‏ @KernNuts 23 Aug 2018
  
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  All depends on what the subject matter & interest level is. In this case, a good reference is this book by @SteveBrusatte. Let's all try to get the most facts as possiblepic.twitter.com/egR4WjRvJc
  
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1. Richard Harper‏ @harpersnotes 23 Aug 2018
  
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  BBC historical documentaries are always excellent, I've found so far. (At this very moment I'm watching Empire: The Complex Legacy of Britain's Imperial History.)
  
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1. Littlefoot‏ @LTF_01 23 Aug 2018
  
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  It's rather simple: you tell a good story.pic.twitter.com/ya8yYnCCUd
  
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1. marcus‏ @MarcusCherAu 23 Aug 2018
  
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  have a classical narrative structure and lace it with hard science
  
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1. Katie Karas‏ @KatieAKaras 23 Aug 2018
  
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  If you’re tired just go with what’s going to feel good to watch right now. Don’t overthink it. What experience do you want right now?
  
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1. Chase Patterson‏ @ChaseWPatterson 23 Aug 2018
  
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  Here is a question worth considering: when is infotainment better and worse than entertainment or information? A case could be made that modifying information to appeal to someone vegging out results in a drop of wine in a barrel of sewage or a drop of sewage in a barrel of wine.
  
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