I believe “The Orb” is actually a concept that holds a lot of power on these forums.
It’s an idea that can easily spread and is enjoyed. If you look at memes on here right now, you’re constantly being forced to “ponder” (or think about) it, which isn’t even something I’m complaining about.
It can plant itself (at least temporarily) in your mind. Since it’s also associated with so many things (like wizards and fantasies), it can encourage you to think about things in a certain way.
TV shows and films exist in their own fictional realities that are very easy to visualise. I think this is a bit like “pondering The Orb”.
If you get really engrossed, you might start trying to understand the characters and what they think about politics or technical questions, as if you were watching the news.
In some shows, like Red Dwarf, they try to explain some of the weird things that happen based on beliefs that might sound quite logical. Some might even actually have scientific components. For example, there was one where a cyborg robot invented time travel technology based on Einstein’s relativity and tried to kill people in the past to have them replaced for leading “bad” lives. Is that similar to the Christian worldview?
Do you get invested in those universes and start believing in them? I think that’s a complicated question you need some philosophy to answer.
Also, is the TV really an “Orb” you can ponder? Can it teach you things in that way? Should you always believe it?