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CJCRANE

(18,184 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:37 PM Mar 2015

The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena:

the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, television is reality, and reality is less than television.

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The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena: (Original Post) CJCRANE Mar 2015 OP

Life is much better without TV... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #1

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

1. Life is much better without TV...

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Tue Mar 10, 2015, 08:26 PM

Mar 2015

about the only thing I use it for is football and watching the occasional movie.

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