[HPFGU-OTChatter] 'Harry Potter' Is Addictive, Study Concludes

[Lee Kaiwen]

Tonks blessed us with this gem On 24/02/2008 07:14:

> As if WE didn't know, a team of psychologist have a term 
 > for what some of us have experienced, 'post-Potter depression'.
 > ... now there is scientific proof.

Hmm, I dunno. Reads like a pretty typical piece of journalism. Take 
something rather pedestrian and try, by reversing cause and effect, to 
turn it into man-bites-dog. The implication of the reporting is that 
these people are addicted to Harry Potter because Harry Potter is 
addictive, when I strongly suspect the truth is the study is simply 
rediscovering what we already know -- some people are easily addicted. 
Today, Harry Potter (not coincidentally making for timely news); 
tomorrow the next trendy fashion coming down the pike. Harry Potter is 
not, in fact, the cause of their addiction, it's simply the trigger.

CJ