Because this man is not saying anything worth responding to? Obsession with any object will remove you from reality. Be it bookworms, slashdotters, MMO-ers, facebookers, drug addicts, and... wait for it... religious fanatics - whatever your fix, taken to the extreme, WILL take over your life and diminish your connection to 'reality'. It's kind of like, stop the presses, you know?
What is amusing/ironic is that the Pope picks technology *specifically* over all other extremes people can/do adopt - perhaps because technology is the biggest threat to the Catholic market-share over peoples minds. And yes, market share is the most appropriate term as the Vatican is a business first and has been for some time. What is further ironic is to rail against something that removes one from reality while being in charge of a corporation that specializes in JUST that practice.
So A) he is stating the obvious, but slanting it to fit his bias B) he is guilty of progating the very same behavior he is railing against and C) I just don't like the guy.
And even with ALL that said, what is 'reality'? Sure there is the tangible, physical world, but I think its far past time to realize that virtual reality is not separate or lesser, but is simply a subset/extension of the physical - nor is it going away - nor is it going to get smaller/less relevant. To remove yourself from this progress is thus, in itself, removal from reality.
Given that all of the above is, at least to me, self evident, the popes opinion is not even worthy of a debate, since to have a valid debate, the opposing side needs to put forward valid points.
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