Comments on: Mahjong Causes Epilepsy http://www.simplydumb.com/2007/08/mahjong-causes-epilepsy/ Dumb, stupid and weird news from b5media Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:52:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: L K Tucker http://www.simplydumb.com/2007/08/mahjong-causes-epilepsy/comment-page-1/#comment-760 L K Tucker Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:02:18 +0000 http://www.simplydumb.com/2007/08/12/mahjong-causes-epilepsy/#comment-760 It probably isn't the game. Deep mental investment in a location where there is movement in peripheral vision will cause Subliminal Distraction exposure. SD was discovered when it caused mental breaks for office workers. The cubicle solved that problem by 1968. Other activities also have SD exposure. Qi Gong users have similar mental events when they perform too many group sessions in a compact time frame. Players that have these episodes might have other exposure that adds to the total to cause the apparent seizure. Unaware that this phenomenon exists doctors blame the activity that triggered the event not the true cause. The same thing happens in the United states when video game players cause mass school shootings. No one looks for SD exposure as that cause either. The Virginia Tech shooter created SD exposure when he used the suite common room to study while roommates walked by ignoring him. It probably isn’t the game. Deep mental investment in a location where there is movement in peripheral vision will cause Subliminal Distraction exposure.

SD was discovered when it caused mental breaks for office workers. The cubicle solved that problem by 1968.

Other activities also have SD exposure. Qi Gong users have similar mental events when they perform too many group sessions in a compact time frame.

Players that have these episodes might have other exposure that adds to the total to cause the apparent seizure.

Unaware that this phenomenon exists doctors blame the activity that triggered the event not the true cause.

The same thing happens in the United states when video game players cause mass school shootings. No one looks for SD exposure as that cause either. The Virginia Tech shooter created SD exposure when he used the suite common room to study while roommates walked by ignoring him.

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