{"id":15544,"date":"2010-05-30T08:15:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T08:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/couple-addicted-to-the-internet-let-their-baby-starve-to-death-while-raising-a-virtual-daughter-online\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:46:56","slug":"couple-addicted-to-the-internet-let-their-baby-starve-to-death-while-raising-a-virtual-daughter-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/couple-addicted-to-the-internet-let-their-baby-starve-to-death-while-raising-a-virtual-daughter-online.php","title":{"rendered":"Couple addicted to the internet let their baby starve to death while raising a virtual daughter online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/8551122.stm\">BBC<\/a>:<\/p><p>A South Korean couple who were addicted to the internet let their three-month-old baby starve to death while raising a virtual daughter online, police said.<\/p><p>An autopsy showed her death was caused by a long period of malnutrition.<\/p><p>The couple had become obsessed with nurturing a virtual girl called Anima in the popular role-playing game Prius Online.<\/p><p>Some psychiatrists still have doubts if Internet addiction exists but it looks pretty much for real in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-JgM6Vvu534\">this video<\/a>:<\/p><p>References:<\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/8551122.stm\">S Korea child 'starves as parents raise virtual baby'<\/a>. 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