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russotto · 10-03-2005, 10:45 PM

While I'm no fan of TV, this "study" has the stink of junk science.

Note this one:
"While the average Briton watches four hours of TV a day, children aged
11-15 spend seven-and-a-half hours a day watching TV and computers"

And computers? Comparing Apples and oranges, are we?

Then there's a bunch of other extraordinary claims. I doubt there's any extraordinary evidence to back them up.

And finally, the appeal to the Precautionary Principle: "What harm could possibly result from preventing very young children from watching television...."

10-03-2005, 10:45 PM	#4
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	While I'm no fan of TV, this "study" has the stink of junk science. Note this one: "While the average Briton watches four hours of TV a day, children aged 11-15 spend seven-and-a-half hours a day watching TV and computers" And computers? Comparing Apples and oranges, are we? Then there's a bunch of other extraordinary claims. I doubt there's any extraordinary evidence to back them up. And finally, the appeal to the Precautionary Principle: "What harm could possibly result from preventing very young children from watching television...."