[ExI] Bodies

[Keith Henson]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:30 PM,  Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>> wrote:

> On 3/9/2010 1:09 PM, Keith Henson wrote:
>
>> I suspect that virtually all humans will abandon physical reality entirely.
>>
>> You can see this starting with Second Life and WoW.
>
> Like:
>
> South Korean police have arrested a couple for starving their
> three-month-old daughter to death while they devoted hours to playing a
> computer game that involved raising a virtual character of a young girl.

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> The case has shocked South Korea
> and once again highlighted obsessive behaviour related to the internet.
>
> A 22-year-old Korean man was charged last month with murdering his
> mother because she nagged him for spending too much time playing games.

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> Lee Joung-sun, an MP from the ruling Grand National party, last month
> submitted a bill restricting the hours offered to online gamers. Several
> bills are pending in the national assembly suggesting restrictions on
> teenagers' use of internet cafes and games.

I predicted laws would be passed, but I had no idea it had already
gone this far.  Oh well, it's not like being able to see into the
future does any good.  It's like driving at night with bright
headlights but no brakes.

> Research published last month in the UK showed evidence of a link
> between excessive internet use and depression. Leeds University
> researchers, writing in the Psychopathology journal, said a small
> proportion of internet users were classed as internet addicts and that
> people in this group were more likely to be depressed than non-addicted
> users.

Cause and effect could run either direction.

Keith