This post at Sentient Developments asks the immortal question “Why Do We Love Slow-Motion Video?” The post author, guest blogger and neuroscientist David Eagleman then spends the rest of the article earnestly answering that question with such interesting assertions as “More time gives a proxy for denser memories” and “Slow motion extends human perception by unmasking hidden data”.
Me, I just like seeing this guy’s face go FLADDAPPADAPPP over and over and over again. Eagleman totally misses the “Slo-mo imitates a Don Martin cartoon” theory, which I think is the REAL reason. My daughter and I *love* to watch Time Warp on the Discovery Channel just so we can see bulldogs shaking off water, guys getting their faces slapped, and bullets shattering lollipops. I mean, oh sure, there’s all that science-y stuff, but you have to love watching a water balloon completely engulf a guy’s head!
