monday morning aaron alexis opened fire at a d.c. navy yard killing 12 people and injuring countless others. the big question, why? the quandary. is it guns or violence? joining me now, harvard university professor of psychology dr. john sharp and the author of war play: video games and the future of armed conflict corey mead. doctor, you do believe there s a connection between the games and violent behavior. why? well, you can look at the journals and see that it s clear. there are new meta analysis, studies taking in to account the studies over the years. there was one about ten years ago showed maybe a question of a correlation but the one that was done in 2010 shows that it s definitive. people with exposure to violent
channels of data? you re dealing with texts, visuals and sounds and coming at you rapid fire and on the battlefield, communications in to the helmet and figure out well right? the problem is go ahead, doctor. people in the military selected and trained and ready for this kind of exposure. astronauts in simulators, same thing. but these are vulnerable, isolated people, may be disturbed thoughts, on the brink or full pledged mental illness. you put them in a simulator and they re in a wishful projection around the first-degree shooter and they believe they re that guy and makes it easier to go out and be that guy. that is a big problem. right, corey? you know, that s not the focus of my book war play. i would say what the military likes about them is not the fact you learn how to shoot but how to think in a complex situation. whether or not it s grand theft auto or a game about making peace, you are dealing with the
what do you mean incoming channels of data? you re dealing with texts, visuals and sounds and coming at you rapid fire and on the battlefield, communications in to the helmet and figure out well right? the problem is go ahead, doctor. people in the military selected and trained and ready for this kind of exposure. astronauts in simulators, same thing. but these are vulnerable, isolated people, may be disturbed thoughts, on the brink or full pledged mental illness. you put them in a simulator and they re in a wishful projection around the first-degree shooter and they believe they re that guy and makes it easier to go out and be that guy. that is a big problem. right, corey? you know, that s not the focus of my book war play. i would say what the military likes about them is not the fact you learn how to shoot but how to think in a complex situation. whether or not it s grand theft auto or a game about making
video games are way more likely to have changes in their aggression, in their thinking, their feelings, behavior. and makes intuitive sense, doesn t it? to me it does but i don t pretend to be an expert here. corey, do you agree with that? the military doesn t an i gree with that. that s not what they re interested in with the video games. they like the fact playing the contemporary video games, advanced and complex, the ability to filter the way through massive amounts of incoming data are the same skills of a soldier on the battlefield today. doesn t that go right to what dr. sharp is saying, specifically sure. we are agreeing. yeah if the military thinks it s good to help them out, it s like training. it is like 101 to kill people. they don t like it because they help them to be violent but the fact of how you have to deal with these incoming channels of data kind of overwhelming. what do you mean incoming
the patients or the people there were patients with untreated mental illness so it s not a question of being mentally ill but untreated and people who are, you know, unhinged, not getting the right treatment are the type to be the most likely to be soarly affected by this. dr. sharp and corey mead, thank you so much.orey mead, $27 billion business. it ain t going away. coming up, how would you feel if your kid s teacher was allowed back in the classroom after being arrested for heroin position? yeah. that s what i said. heroin. stick around for my take. and this is your last chance to vote in tonight s instant poll. are you better off than you were five years ago? facebook or tweet me