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xpct
15d ago
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Fair enough :-) Do you have a theory for why we view reading, even in terms of pleasure, as favorable? I imagine it's because we see some utility in it over other activities.
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altruios
15d ago
Reading causes your brain to hallucinate. Visualization is a muscle: reading is the weights at the gym.
asdff
15d ago
Read good english, speak good english. Read dumb english, speak dumb english.
nottorp
14d ago
> we see some utility
So what utility do you see in Netflix? Or doomscrolling? Or whatever you do for pleasure?
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