Big Picture Science - Your Mind On Movies
By one estimate we
spend a fifth of our lives watching movies or TV. In fact, we consume
entertainment almost as habitually as we eat or sleep, activities that receive
scientific scrutiny and study. So why not consider the effects that watching
movies and TV have on our minds and bodies too? When we do, we find that they
are not mere escapism. A data scientist reveals why we are what we watch, and
how scientists and filmmakers work, often with competing agendas, to create
sci-fi entertainment.
Guest:
- Walt Hickey - journalist, data scientist, and author of “You Are What You Watch: How Movies and TV Affect Everything”
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