8. Your Brain Knows the Difference, Whether You Realize It or Not
When it comes right down to it, there is one primary reason that you likely prefer practical effects to CGI: whether you realize it or not, your brain recognizes the difference between a real stunt or makeup job and a computer creation. When it’s confronted with something that’s fake — no matter how convincing — your brain will check off a little box that reads: disregard as fantasy. When you watch a stuntman jump from a moving car, or you see a human head wrench its way off a wax body, there’s a little part of your mind that wonders if magic exists.
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