From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 2/5/25 1:09 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   > Gary McGath  wrote:   
   >> Cryptoengineer wrote:   
   >>> No wonder I watch it at 1.5x to 1.75x speed, and still feel he's   
   >>> wasting my time.   
   >   
   > I always watch it at 2x speed, since he speaks clearly and has good   
   > microphones.  I'd try for 3x if my computer let me.   
   >   
   >> I watched a Lehto's Law video with a friend yesterday, about the   
   >> challenge to a Louisiana law that says cops can order people to stay   
   >> 25 feet away from them.  I'd already known a lot of what was in it.   
   >> The main benefit was that I got my friend to see it.   
   >   
   > As I implied, I often watch them with my brother.   
   >   
   > Watching videos is often a social event.  Reading is almost always a   
   > solo event.  There is room for both.   
   >   
      
   A big problem with videos as opposed to text is that it's harder to   
   watch critically than to read critically. When you read something, you   
   can slow down for key points and leave the text to check it for   
   something else. With video, it's easier to passively absorb what the   
   speaker is saying without giving it careful attention. Often videos add   
   images to strengthen their points, but the images may not be   
   photographic evidence of what actually happened, or they may be   
   carefully cut to give a desired impression. I think dependence on videos   
   is a major cause of tribalist thinking.   
      
   --   
   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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