Geoffrey Miller on Twitter: "Radical idea for the day: nothing that happens in spectator sports makes a blind bit of difference to the real world."

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1. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 25 Sep 2017
  
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  Possible update: spectator sports makes no more difference to the real world than any other passive entertainment medium does.
  
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1. Toxic Centrism‏ @ExcludedMuddle 25 Sep 2017
  
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  We are drowning in symbolic conflict, and it's being pushed into non-symbolic harm.
  
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1. Mark Rhodes‏ @MarkRhodes11 25 Sep 2017
  
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  Not a radical idea, just wrong. Sports is part of the real world: injury, enjoyment, distraction, fame, shame, riches, sexual selection...
  
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1. Chris Auld‏ @Chris_Auld 25 Sep 2017
  
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  Counterexample: upset NFL losses cause domestic violence https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712874/pdf/nihms461468.pdf …
  
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1. Ryan‏ @rpm002 25 Sep 2017
  
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  There's a lot of father-son bonding that takes place at spectator sporting events... I would think that counts for something.
  
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1. LindyMan‏ @PaulSkallas 25 Sep 2017
  
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  People should play sports instead of watching then
  
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1. jacob taylor‏ @jacoblijie 25 Sep 2017
  
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  cognitive-emotional dimensions of Sport have implications for cul. trans. and thus sport has subversive political potential
  
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1. Richard Harper‏ @harpersnotes 25 Sep 2017
  
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  Having a successful national football team tends to lessen tribal tensions within a country - or so some claim. Comedy, the Alt-Rt SJW team?
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1. Richard Harper‏ @harpersnotes 25 Sep 2017
  
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  Televised sports, as opposed to getting out to stadiums, probably makes that more true with every passing decade.
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1. JimmyRobotics‏ @ajrowebot 25 Sep 2017
  
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  I wonder how many people play them though..
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