Friday, August 12, 2011

I'm Still Not Telling

New study shows that knowing spoilers doesn't ruin a story: "Many people live in fear of being 'spoiled' for a story by finding out the ending. But a new study by psychologists shows that people wound up liking stories better if they'd been told spoilers in advance."

Hat tip to George Kelley.

6 comments:

Undine said...

You know, I've always said that I prefer knowing in advance how a book or movie ends, and no one ever believes me?

Marsdon said...

Hollywood has known this for years and years - look at any movie trailer

Cap'n Bob said...

Obviously, I was not part of that survey.

Anonymous said...

In some cases, perhaps, but a book with a surprise ending, or any suspense, no. I question the accuracy of this "study" and disagree.

Anonymous said...

By the way, Bill, what's with the 8, 9, 10 letter word verifications? Sheesh!

Unknown said...

Blogger's testing your typing skills.

The people doing this survey didn't talk to Marv, for sure.