Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz have now developed a method that can objectively evaluate the age at which children and adolescents can safely watch a movie. They measured the composition of air in cinemas as well as levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during 135 screenings of eleven different movies. Over 13,000 audience members were involved. For a variety of film genres and age groups, the researchers found that isoprene levels reliably correlate with the age rating of a film. "Isoprene appears to be a good indicator of emotional tension within a group," says Jonathan Williams, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. "Our approach could therefore provide an objective criterion for deciding how movies should be classified."
They couldn't already objectively measure fear by the amount of urine-soaked seat cushions?
C. Stönner, A. Edtbauer, B. Derstroff, E. Bourtsoukidis, T. Klüpfel, J. Wicker, J. Williams. Proof of concept study: Testing human volatile organic compounds as tools for age classification of films. PLOS ONE, 2018; 13 (10): e0203044 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203044
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:31PM (7 children)
Maybe you are the one with the psychosis.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:33PM (6 children)
I mean, we were using subjective reasoning derived from our own perspectives to try to arrive at a mutual understanding of what might be trueish and you deemed that "objective" which is fucking nutso.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:38PM (5 children)
If there's a disagreement, then one of 2 things is possible:
Someone has made an objective mistake in reasoning. This can be pointed out.
One side's axioms are not the same as the other side's axioms.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:43PM (4 children)
Uh, given the rather extreme assumption that all positions of each participants are deduced through first order logic from complete information.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:46PM (3 children)
In order for something to be reasonable, it must be expressed precisely in objective terms.
Your denigration of the attempt to add objective terms to the discussion is what's stupid.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Wednesday October 24 2018, @08:42PM (2 children)
I don't denigrate the objective. I denigrate the obsession with objectivity that misses forests for trees.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:29PM (1 child)
Sure, maybe I'm the guy who institutes lines of code.
Well, you're the guy who institutes human sacrifice.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:40AM
Ooooh, epistemology, my favorite! Can I play too?
Define "knowledge." How do you know anything? How do you know THAT you know a thing?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...