Interesting Links for 10-04-2022

[andrewducker]

1. reading fiction has a small, statistically significant impact on social-cognitive performance

(tags:psychology reading fiction )

2. What happens in your dog's brain when you speak

(tags:dogs brain language )

3. Man Banned From Attending Boring Work Event For Next 10 Years

(tags:WillSmith Oscars violence funny )

4. Senior Putin advisor "We are at war with the West. The European security order is illegitimate"

(tags:Russia Ukraine NATO war Europe )

Comments

[calimac]

title of #3: priceless.

[andrewducker]

I couldn't resist!

(And I do think the whole thing is overblown - I don't think he should have done it, but banning him for ten years seems ridiculously over the top)

[anna_wing]

Has amyone looked at whether the kind of fiction makes a difference? Possibly those studies would hav e been conducted by people testing whether advertising works...

[andrewducker]

That would be fascinating!

[anna_wing]

People obviously do think that fiction affects reality, or there would not be didactic fiction, or concerns about "representation".

[andrewducker]

Representation clearly matters ori wouldn't intermittently bump into this kind of thing
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