Wow, disingenuous statement you made there.

>In those 7-12hr you can sit and stare into the idiot box and laugh when the talking heads tell you to laugh... >I watch a lot of TV but most of the TV I watch is "What If"

You can watch TV and be an idiot or you can watch the kind of TV I approve of and as such become a better human being.

I mean if you broaden the definition of learning to include watching sci-fi and pondering whatever social commentary you read into the script then great. I'm going to go learn super hard.