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Philosophy File: The Philosophy of Sports Fans

submitted by Skeeve

1 decade 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago

From the creator of Sixty Symbols and The Periodic Table of Videos is a new series about philosophy.

This one covers the philosophy of watching sports.

2 Comments

westy

says...

LOL WHAT A LOAD OF SHIT .

everything this guy said can be summed up in 10 seconds

1) people like to test ablity of there bodies

2) sports are a means to do that

3) modern sports are designed to be a spectical as much as a test on the athaleets ablity.

what anoys me about this is the way this guy talks making what are mind numbingly simple concepts come across as complicated and deep , a good comunicator should be doing the opasite making complex concepts and ideas seem simple and easy to understand.

also he should have given/exsplaind a scientific reason as to why people enjoy watching sports such as mirror nuroins and how the act of watching people do a sport triggers responses in spectators as if they were playing themselfs.