The ice cream example aside, I think it would be wrong to say fiction is something that harms us even as we enjoy it, except in the sense of opportunity costs, which is what abramdemski seems to be arguing. Fiction can use superstimuli to manipulate people, but so can lots of other things.
There’s nothing especially wrong with ice cream, that I know of. But abramdemsky disagrees:
Eating ice cream is bad as a matter of fact (this doesn’t seem to require much argument). It’s just a superstimulus for “good food”, and furthermore, negatively impacts health.
The ice cream example aside, I think it would be wrong to say fiction is something that harms us even as we enjoy it, except in the sense of opportunity costs, which is what abramdemski seems to be arguing. Fiction can use superstimuli to manipulate people, but so can lots of other things.
What is it about ice-cream? I had one as recently as a month ago, and, well, what?
There’s nothing especially wrong with ice cream, that I know of. But abramdemsky disagrees: