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The past few days, I've noticed that there is a great deal of repetition in our society. Nick at Nite plays shows from the 60s. People talk of watching movies 10 or 20 times in the theater. Books are re-read, songs are re-played, & history repeats itself. Although novel ideas are created, they often reverberate for many years.
I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but I was wondering why we like re-living experiences that we have already gone through. I though that our advanced brain would only enjoy things one or two times, but it seems that the number is much higher than that.
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There is a limit to how much a person notices at any given time, and how much it retains over time. So the TV show we loved 20 years ago has things we've forgotten or didn't notice then.
We rushed through that passage with Tom Bombadil the first 10 times we read LotR, but on time 11 we really try to delve into the wonder of Tom.
Novelty itself is not an end.
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Dude... if there is a movie or show or book or game that I love I can watch them dozens of times and still be satisfied. Each time is a new experiance and a new point of view.
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It took you this long to notice that? See, that's the reason they repeat things : Some people are really slow on the uptake. Posts: 1810 | Registered: Jan 1999
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