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Comment author: XiXiDu 18 February 2011 09:47:59AM *  0 points [-]

I play video games because:

As for video games, the take-home message is clear: we should all be spending more money on better televisions, graphic cards, video game systems, and sound systems, and we should be encouraging girls to join in and reap the cognitive benefits.

Comment author: Desrtopa 03 June 2011 04:26:52AM 1 point [-]

As for video games, the take-home message is clear: we should all be spending more money on better televisions, graphic cards, video game systems, and sound systems, and we should be encouraging girls to join in and reap the cognitive benefits.

I just spent a few moments puzzling over this because I thought it was saying that by analogy, we should be reaping the benefits of encouraging girls to improve their graphics.

To which my immediate response was "don't they get plenty of encouragement already?"

Comment author: CronoDAS 03 June 2011 04:45:02AM 0 points [-]

To which my immediate response was "don't they get plenty of encouragement already?"

Not really...

Comment author: Desrtopa 03 June 2011 04:50:29AM 1 point [-]

When I said "encouraging girls to improve their graphics," I wasn't talking about video games.

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