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I know why I don't watch them cause they're crap, and I don't get the point of being famous for having no talent, but just curious if people with scientific backgrounds and higher education enjoy them?
Jimmy Snyder said:I was a math major and I don't watch reality TV. I therefor conclude that physics majors watch reality TV.
lisab said:I don't own a TV, and I don't miss it.
Amazing Race is one of the few shows I watch, at least it includes a lot of information about local cultures worldwide.jtbell said:My wife (who has a PhD in German) and I (physics) don't have the opportunity to watch many reality shows because we don't have cable or satellite TV, just a terrestrial antenna on our roof. From what we've read about them, it's just as well. We do watch one faithfully, "The Amazing Race." We enjoy traveling, so we like the glimpses of scenery and local life that we get between the scenes in airports and the back seats of cabs.
Some of the tasks that the contestants have to do are pretty offbeat. Until last Sunday's episode in Shanghai, we never knew that frog Fallopian tubes are a delicacy!
Having higher education does not mean that people share likes or dislikes. I know many well educated people who love reality TV, I know people who hate it and I know people who like some but not others. People are diverse, very diverse!Yayfordoritos said:I know why I don't watch them cause they're crap, and I don't get the point of being famous for having no talent, but just curious if people with scientific backgrounds and higher education enjoy them?
I suppose the answer depends on what one means by 'reality' TV. If it means shows about dysfunctional celebrities, or folks performing ridiculous stunts, then probably and hopefully no.Yayfordoritos said:I know why I don't watch them cause they're crap, and I don't get the point of being famous for having no talent, but just curious if people with scientific backgrounds and higher education enjoy them?
cobalt124 said:I don't see the relation between education and watching reality TV. For me, I find watching them unbearable. Having said that I like Dave Lambs sarcastic commentary on Come Dine With Me (U.K.).
Everyone's different. Some of the hardest workers I knew at uni were the ones that liked to party hardest and most frequently. They'd also watch endless rubbish on TV for hours at night. Usually this was because they were working so hard and really needed to blow of some steam and do something totally different.Yayfordoritos said:I don't know it seems like my friends that are really into education look down on reality tv shows and stars, and most of my friends that like to party A LOT are the ones that watch it.
Yayfordoritos said:I know why I don't watch them cause they're crap, and I don't get the point of being famous for having no talent, but just curious if people with scientific backgrounds and higher education enjoy them?
Astronuc said:I suppose the answer depends on what one means by 'reality' TV. If it means shows about dysfunctional celebrities, or folks performing ridiculous stunts, then probably and hopefully no.
If it means programs like PBS's NOVA, or back in the day, CBS's 21st Century (sponsored by Union Carbide, renamed from The 20th Century), then perhaps some physics and science majors watch it.
In high school, I'd watch news or movies and do homework. On weekends, I spend a lot of time in either the city library or university library researching military history, pyrotechnics and high explosives, astrophysics, and plasma, nuclear and particle physics - and the occasional foray into political history, moral philosophy and religious studies - particular eastern religions.
In university, I was too busy to watch TV. In grad school, I would watch the news, and maybe programs like Dr. Who and Star Trek, otherwise, I was doing homework, research or at a full time job.
Professionally, my TV watching is spotty - mostly movies. Otherwise, I'm at PF or doing research.
I don't know it seems like my friends that are really into education look down on reality tv shows and stars
Mentalist said:Hm, I didn't do quite what you did but my early life was a bit similar (middle-High School).
I just wanted to address the first statement though, why? Why would you hope not?
I find those looking down on others over trivial matters unwise. But then again, I am also foolish. Hopefully I will be wiser as I get older. Surely, I've undergone a LOT of growth emotionally over the years, but I can still be a bit of a pain in the *** as I am still a bit confrontational/aggressive.
But my main remark here has a lot to do with if you cannot justify, reasonably, why you "look down on others" for certain actions, it is child-like. It comes off as, "they don't do what I do, so I don't like them", or, "they don't like what I like, I don't like it", and, "why don't they think in terms of what I think like?" It's just silly to think in such manners which is why I find it unwise.
Mentalist said:provided 1, you know their habits, 2, you are there noting how long they watch TV, 3, know what days they work, 4, know what work they should be doing instead of watching those shows, etc...
In other words, where's your case study?
Enrichment? Instead of posting on PF, how about you meditate?
Mentalist said:Like I said before, where is your case study saying that those who watch reality TV watch it for hours.
To my 2nd point, you're talking about "enrichment", you don't need to be here when your life can be enriched by meditating. If people ought to be "enriched" in life and not waste their idle time doing mundane things, you should put your words to action by signing off of PF and begin meditating.
Mentalist said:Like I said before, where is your case study saying that those who watch reality TV watch it for hours.
To my 2nd point, you're talking about "enrichment", you don't need to be here when your life can be enriched by meditating. If people ought to be "enriched" in life and not waste their idle time doing mundane things, you should put your words to action by signing off of PF and begin meditating.
I come on here about once a week, I hardly spend hours a day on here.