[ SECRET POST #2287 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2287 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I tip my hat to you, fellow fan of scientific skepticism and method.

It's hard to really judge that one study on the basis of a press release and not the actual article, but still... I wonder how valid and reliable this methodology was. It doesn't strike me as particularly persuasive. But maybe the actual journal article is better.

Also, I can say hands down that if I know the twist of a story I'm very invested in, it does diminish the emotional reaction. I personally consider something most enjoyable if I have very strong emotional reactions to the material/story -- and when spoiled about HUGE provocative elements, it loses that OOMPF~ for lack of a better word and thus it is not as enjoyable. I am actually far less likely to be motivated to even engage myself at all if I know major plot points ahead of time. Why bother if I'm not going to have that surprise/strong emotional response? I don't find rereading/rewatching diminishes my liking of a book/episode but I appreciate it in a very different way the second+ time around once I know what has happened. It's a completely different experience for me. (Sometimes however, it's rewatching an episode I initially really enjoyed makes me realise it wasn't that good in the first place, it was just my emotional response that made it seem that way. And I no longer like it at all.)

I understand this is not true for everyone, and some likely DO respond the way this article suggests -- but it's hardly true overall. To generalize that way seems a bit presumptuous.