Re: psychoceramics: Japanese cartoon triggers seizures

[Ken Alexander <k--@e--.umich.edu>]

> Japanese cartoon triggers seizures in hundreds of children.
[...]
> News reports blamed a scene in the cartoon [...]  followed by five
> seconds of flashing red light in the eyes of "Pikachu," a rat-like
> creature that is the show's most popular character.


Sounds like it would make an excellent java applet.   :-)

But what is psychoceramic about this event?  Do you think it didn't 
happen this way, and is instead some sort of mass hysteria?