Do you think too much TV can cause.... stuipidity?

Do you think too much TV can cause.... stuipidity?
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The lack of other activities, like reading as you mention, will not help in that department. As for watching TV I doubt it causes stupidity in itself. But I do see an alarming tendency in our programming here being dumbed down (I live in Europe). Please do not take this the wrong way, but the majority of the american programs we get here are really condescending to the viewer, and that seems to be the way things are headed here as well.
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