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robbdn · 10-31-2004, 10:35 PM

Thanks for the replies... just an interesting thought I had based on them:

Does the role of a video game as an "impartial observer" add credibility when a pre-recorded announcer (as in DDR) says "you suck!" or something to that effect lend emphasis to the result? Or, does a program objectively deciding your skill level at a certain task drive humans to prove the program wrong, therefore furthering human evolution?

I admit, I am probably taking things a little bit too far with that last question, but I'd like to hear what you have to say in that regard -- if you don't mind. Let's pretend that it's not "evolution" or anything else like it, but could it possibly bring out natural talent that a particular individual had without knowing they had it?

This isn't really what I was getting at in my initial post, but this seems like a great forum to explore these possibilities. I hope to hear what people have to say about this.

10-31-2004, 10:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
robbdn Crazy	Thanks for the replies... just an interesting thought I had based on them: Does the role of a video game as an "impartial observer" add credibility when a pre-recorded announcer (as in DDR) says "you suck!" or something to that effect lend emphasis to the result? Or, does a program objectively deciding your skill level at a certain task drive humans to prove the program wrong, therefore furthering human evolution? I admit, I am probably taking things a little bit too far with that last question, but I'd like to hear what you have to say in that regard -- if you don't mind. Let's pretend that it's not "evolution" or anything else like it, but could it possibly bring out natural talent that a particular individual had without knowing they had it? This isn't really what I was getting at in my initial post, but this seems like a great forum to explore these possibilities. I hope to hear what people have to say about this.