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Psychology professor; wrote The Mating Mind, Spent, Mate, & Virtue Signaling. Agnostic centrist into evolution, sex, sentience, freedom & future.

New Mexico
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    Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly Feb 24
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    tl;dr: video games keep kids out of trouble?https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1231901104717193216 …

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    Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill
    Youth behaviour trends, 1991-2017 (US; 14-15-year-olds) https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/f8c0uf/youth_behavior_trends_in_the_united_states_9th/ … pic.twitter.com/mVsnBDhw0E
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      1. youhavenocontrol‏ @youhavenocontr1 Feb 24
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        Another angle might be... Video games are replacing risk-taking in the real world? This might be a bad thing. What other activities are they not engaging in?

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      1. Groo The Wonderer‏ @groo_wonderer Feb 24
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        Or, all those other things don't make kids anxious or depressed, but screen time does.

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      2. TheHappyPhilosopher‏ @HapyPhilosopher Feb 24
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        Alternate hypotheses: Video games are more addictive than alcohol, drugs, sex and television.

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      3. Fervent Finance‏ @ferventfinance Feb 24
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        Alternate hypothesis: Kids today are a bunch of nerds.

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      1. Randy Treibel‏ @therealrainfall Feb 24
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        Replacing physical trouble with emotional is a small upgrade.

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      2. Ryan Secord  🇺🇲‏ @Ryan_Secord Feb 24
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        I wonder what was so special about 1999.

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      3. Zach Butler‏ @zchyboy Feb 24
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        That’s around the time that video game consoles and broadband internet got good.

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      1. Peter Stojanovic‏ @PeterStojanovic Feb 24
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        A useful comparison would be % of young adults with mobile or smart phones

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      1. Andrew‏ @Oyster_Grit Feb 24
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        I'm guessing porn + video games.

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      1. Jason Slot‏ @fungolution Feb 24
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        Does being programmed by the computer continue to replace experiential learning and risk-taking in adulthood?

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