https://t.co/2FAOUT8FdO
Early this week I ranted about a @nytimes editorial misrepresenting the scientific literature around video game uses and effects.
It's one thing for an editorial piece to mishandle scientific information, but it is another when an “educational” organization does it.
A thread.
https://t.co/2FAOUT8FdO
For a primer on the history of the moral panic see here: https://t.co/mj6aedCQBJ
See: https://t.co/IzvAQn1ASo
For an overview on the current state of the research, see here: https://t.co/zbV2r8klrK
Exhibit A: https://t.co/GuU2yrBS1B
The points I raise here alone are notable. This one-sided, exaggerated information does an INCREDIBLE disservice to parents and caretakers everywhere.
For this seminar they chose Dr. Brad Bushman who has dedicated his career to studying violent video game effects. Notably, several of his publications have been redacted due to falsified data.
SPOILER: Because they don't push the moral panic agenda
https://t.co/3BVSZDreWU
This kind of “educational” content is reprehensible. It is why the moral panic around games remains today and parents remain fearful despite the wealth of contrary research.
https://t.co/L4gPRFYXje
https://t.co/4eY8PfWU8K
More from Gaming
You May Also Like
THREAD: 12 Things Everyone Should Know About IQ
1. IQ is one of the most heritable psychological traits – that is, individual differences in IQ are strongly associated with individual differences in genes (at least in fairly typical modern environments). https://t.co/3XxzW9bxLE
2. The heritability of IQ *increases* from childhood to adulthood. Meanwhile, the effect of the shared environment largely fades away. In other words, when it comes to IQ, nature becomes more important as we get older, nurture less. https://t.co/UqtS1lpw3n
3. IQ scores have been increasing for the last century or so, a phenomenon known as the Flynn effect. https://t.co/sCZvCst3hw (N ≈ 4 million)
(Note that the Flynn effect shows that IQ isn't 100% genetic; it doesn't show that it's 100% environmental.)
4. IQ predicts many important real world outcomes.
For example, though far from perfect, IQ is the single-best predictor of job performance we have – much better than Emotional Intelligence, the Big Five, Grit, etc. https://t.co/rKUgKDAAVx https://t.co/DWbVI8QSU3
5. Higher IQ is associated with a lower risk of death from most causes, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, most forms of cancer, homicide, suicide, and accident. https://t.co/PJjGNyeQRA (N = 728,160)
1. IQ is one of the most heritable psychological traits – that is, individual differences in IQ are strongly associated with individual differences in genes (at least in fairly typical modern environments). https://t.co/3XxzW9bxLE
2. The heritability of IQ *increases* from childhood to adulthood. Meanwhile, the effect of the shared environment largely fades away. In other words, when it comes to IQ, nature becomes more important as we get older, nurture less. https://t.co/UqtS1lpw3n
3. IQ scores have been increasing for the last century or so, a phenomenon known as the Flynn effect. https://t.co/sCZvCst3hw (N ≈ 4 million)
(Note that the Flynn effect shows that IQ isn't 100% genetic; it doesn't show that it's 100% environmental.)
4. IQ predicts many important real world outcomes.
For example, though far from perfect, IQ is the single-best predictor of job performance we have – much better than Emotional Intelligence, the Big Five, Grit, etc. https://t.co/rKUgKDAAVx https://t.co/DWbVI8QSU3
5. Higher IQ is associated with a lower risk of death from most causes, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, most forms of cancer, homicide, suicide, and accident. https://t.co/PJjGNyeQRA (N = 728,160)
