We Know Nothing About The Correlation Between Videogames And Violence
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Call of DutyWhy are we still debating this? Shouldn't it have been settled long ago? The American Psychological Association explains why the debate is so difficult--and whose fault that is. A report in the American Psychological Association tries to reconcile the scientific research on violent videogames with the ongoing debate. (The report is one of the best explainers on videogame violence we've ever read, by the way. Do check it out here.) But if the research is still being debated, with nothing definitive found, then why are so many scientists and pundits on both sides acting like we have a verdict? When the Supreme Court struck down a California law regulating the sale of "violent" videogames to minors, they said the scientific evidence damning such games was, at best, "unpersuasive." And they're probably right: if a link between violent games and aggression does exist, it's...