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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4366924" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>First of all, I am not equating imagination with intelligence. I take the Gardnerian view of "multiple intelligences" so believe that one could have a high IQ but little imagination, or vice versa.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, let me ask you a question. Do you think it is an "insult" to say that smoking causes lung cancer? Or that drinking excessive amounts of alcohol inhibits motor functions? If not, why is it an insult to say that playing WoW atrophies imagination? The only difference is that the examples of smoking and alcohol are commonly accepted, whereas what I am saying is not, at least in the "mainstream" (in some circles it is accepted as truth).</p><p></p><p>EDIT: And thanks again for Ruin Explorer for clarifying a point I should have made from the start: IMAGINATION CAN HEAL. It is more of a "suppression" and "atrophy" than an outright "death". This is not t say that I don't think real damage can occur--it can, imo--but that the human being is amazingly resilient and sometimes all it takes to "heal" is to stop doing what is causing the "harm."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 4366924, member: 59082"] First of all, I am not equating imagination with intelligence. I take the Gardnerian view of "multiple intelligences" so believe that one could have a high IQ but little imagination, or vice versa. Secondly, let me ask you a question. Do you think it is an "insult" to say that smoking causes lung cancer? Or that drinking excessive amounts of alcohol inhibits motor functions? If not, why is it an insult to say that playing WoW atrophies imagination? The only difference is that the examples of smoking and alcohol are commonly accepted, whereas what I am saying is not, at least in the "mainstream" (in some circles it is accepted as truth). EDIT: And thanks again for Ruin Explorer for clarifying a point I should have made from the start: IMAGINATION CAN HEAL. It is more of a "suppression" and "atrophy" than an outright "death". This is not t say that I don't think real damage can occur--it can, imo--but that the human being is amazingly resilient and sometimes all it takes to "heal" is to stop doing what is causing the "harm." [/QUOTE]
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