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On the other hand a lot of people today can watch super intense horror movies which probably would have traumatized ancient people.


One is real, with sights and smells linked to millennia of instinct and the knowledge that you yourself are the primary agent of what is occurring to the livestock.

The other you know is fiction which you can criticize the script, special effects, and cinematography of from a comfortable chair, often with friends.

I don't think the two really compare.


I think they compare for some people. I can handle real world situations better than movies. I think it's because the movie only stimulus some senses (sight and hearing) whereas the real world experience is complete.




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