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Thursday, September 04, 2008

The 100 Years Experiment

This is the long running experiment in the USA whether prolonged exposure to violence will lead to more violent behavior. We are particularly interested in childrens' behavior. Many have found that violent imagery and violent games do not lead to violent behavior in real life...at least, they do not lead to violent behavior within the period of time of the observation or test. That is why the 100 year term of the large scale experiment. One of the more interesting results is that there has been a link established between the moral depravity exhibited at Abu Ghraib, the enhanced interrogation techniques of various detainees, and the constant violent imagery that society has been subject to since the inception of regular TV broadcasting. It is rather like a bubble, the intense exponential climb on the charts of violence. I am looking for areas in which to invest.

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