Dray2k: I usually only post if the stuff I say is close to the truth as it can be. I make it short. Its because people juxtapose the tactile feel of their interfaces with their real senses. This is because of "tangible attributes" which tells you how natural something feels if you touch it. The more unnatural the interface, the longer it takes to juxtapose long-term.
Lets take people playing too many video games as a proper example. There are studies that imply that this lack of notion and a numbness towards sense of danger and reality is not because that people play violent games, but rather because of the interfaces being used. The more you interact with the interface, the lesser you "feel" the real world (it is enhanced by the intoxicating feeling of browsing social media, a lot of young people seem to be very addicted towards it). In extreme cases (or with sensible people) it may happen that they can't seem to notice reality as much as a person who isn't addicted to such interfaces. There are similarities and implications of drug abuse as well as some drugs seem to effect the brain similarly.
Perhaps you guys know this already, but a lot of people are glued to their phones far more than people reading newspapers back in the day. Its because of that tactile visceral feel that people experience when they use their Phones, which doesn't correlate with the physical ability to turn the next page of a newspaper, which is simply because more interaction with reality is involved than touching your fingers on a
hard screen, which is a huge factor whether or not a touchscreen feels "good".
The tl;dr is: The more visceral something feels, the more "numb" we get towards real world interaction. Which is why more and more people are doing really dumb stuff, including "blending out the real world", when their eyes are glued on the smartphone screen. Personally, I wish people would stop talking about video game addiction and rather move a level deeper and talk about the tangiability and the general effect of interfaces that enchance the dopamine rush if you browse social media.
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tinyE: This is true.
AND people that think the moon landings were fake.
AND people that think climate change is a hoax.
AND people that believe the Great Pyramids were built to store grain.
AND people who think that Hagar made a better Van Halen front man than Roth.
Dray2k: Why does this post get downvotes lol. Because of that last remark?
The addiction/dopamine rush from phones/social media plays a large part, I agree.
BTW thanks for a well written/well thought out reply. Kudos.
Tiny gets low rated on even good posts....some dislike him for seemingly no good reason beyond he sometimes trolls a few threads and posts silly pictures.