do you think watching tv makes our mind a little inactive?

I think you are mention about me, as i am one of the people that who watch tv the whole day. I and my friend used to argue about this topic also as he said that watching tv make our mind become inactive, whereas play game could make our mind become active. Well, that's because he like playing game and don't like watching tv. I also wonder is this a fact?

I believe this is so. I had some kids I was watching often. They were used to sit around the tv all day. When I played a game with them, they would be amused for like a minute and could not really concentrate on it. They were so useds to watching tv, they also had a really hard time using imagination when playing. For example we could imagine that lego was food and we were on a deserted island, they just could not do that. Now I have a son of my own, I try to motivate him to play with crayons and lego's just for stimulating him to use his inmagination more. It is ok to watch tv but it is not ok to put your kid in front of it and let him watch tv all day long. Stimulating kids to play indoors or outdoors is good for them, for their health and stimulates their brain more.

I believe that watching television or even using the computer all day can be an adverse effect on us. We do need to stimulate our minds a bit more and whether that be by playing strategy games, researching things or just reading we need to do something that causes us to think so that we can have the utmost in mental clarity. Also when we are all day online or all day at the t.v. we don't eat as well as we should and a proper diet is also crucial to our health I believe.

Hmmm... Watching TV can make someone imaginative as TV can broaden someone's horizons. It also depends on the quality of what you are watching.

It depends on what tv programs we are watching. If they are informative shows, it will of course add to your knowledge on some things. It was said that watching movies the whole day, without any other physical activity could make those old persons aggravate their forgetfulness. But what is really true is that watching TV the whole day, could lead to diabetes, heart problem , hypertension among other diseases.

In a sense it is true since our mind is often stimulated by bodily activities but for some people, their minds are somewhat not connected to their bodies. That's the reason why they don't need any physical stimuli...they just need to see the image or an idea pop in their head. For some people, they are stimulated by what they watch, no matter what the medium is. It may be books, movies or TV. Having no physical activity can be detrimental to one's health but some people can be sharp or smart by not indulging into physical activities. I guess they all need is an inspiration.

Watching tv is ofcourse really bad for both physical body and mainly your eye as the concentration or focus on to much on tv can cause visual impairment, people watch tv for entertainment purpose and yea a little of mind is also put into it and maybe new information such as from news weather or any such information can be obtained. I think mind may not be inactive while watching tv as it involve thinking process and analysis while watch in tv our intuitive or mind is put work on it.

I see from previous responders that most people here agree with me that TV CAN be a good thing. However, too much of anything can be bad and too much TV is a good example. If you are watching TV just to avoid everything else in your life, are insipedly watching whatever dreck the stations are throwing at you without regard for your further education or imaginative pursuits or are simply watching so much TV that you fail to get any exercise, you are making TV a BAD thing. All things in moderation. Except giving me money. That you can do as much as you want!