The great porn experiment | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgow

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters frequently recommend it as an eye-opening case against heavy porn use, though it is contested science.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TEDx Talks

Topic

porn addiction

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

10

HN mentions in dataset

14

Recommendation years in dataset

2012–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Here is the truth - watch too much porn and you get erectile dysfunction: [VIDEO] Why did it take me decades to find someone able to present that reasonably plausible reason as to why I should definitely not want to watch porn under any circumstances …

• [VIDEO] ^^ This really opened my eyes to this problem for me.. It's really rather worrying, and I guess my generation (early 30s) were the last to avoid this so it's kind of invisible to us because of how awkward it is to talk about …

• Also, an often overlooked topic of modern times, high speed internet pornography + chronic masturbation and its numbing effects on our neural reward system which makes things like eye contact and social activities unbearable and highly disconcerting. This addiction isn't talked about much because it …