Comments on: Mozart Effect

By: Joshua (Site Owner)

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:19:50 +0000

videos list ways to get the very models of toys that the video shows in play situations To be fair, that green dragon/reptile sock puppet with the tongue sticking out is adorable. I'd get one just for myself to play with. {insert joke}

By: Joshua (Site Owner)

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:58:35 +0000

but it’s damaged my hearing to the point where my constant need for people to repeat what they’ve just said might give them the impression that it has

Sorry, I can’t read what you just wrote. I’ve been watching too many Soundgarden videos.

By: Bob Mike

Bob Mike — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:15:45 +0000

Indication of the distortion of research by the time it reached me: “Rock music makes you dumber, especially grunge.”

I wouldn’t say that it’s made me dumber, but it’s damaged my hearing to the point where my constant need for people to repeat what they’ve just said might give them the impression that it has.

By: Joshua (Site Owner)

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:34:16 +0000

“Baby Mozart” (I’m not going to link to it because the site auto-plays music, but it’s at babymozart.com) consists of DVDs of wooden trains being pulled by strings, sock puppets against a black background, and a calming (?) woman’s voice over low-fi Mozart pieces. For real. Other toys are included in the video, which shows people playing with them.

My thoughts at the time: “Why don’t we … buy Niall some toys and let him play with them? We could talk calmingly to him, too. We could play whatever music we want. Even Mozart! I have, like, ten discs of really good recordings.”

Perhaps the (now-very-wealthy) woman who started the empire foresaw stuff like this, because the videos list ways to get the very models of toys that the video shows in play situations. Gah.