Smartphones Accelerate Stupidity

[cronus]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technol ... e37511900/

Smartphones making you dumb

A decade ago, smart devices promised to change the way we think and interact, and they have – but not by making us smarter. Eric Andrew-Gee explores the growing body of scientific evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds



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[pErvinalia]

:derp:

[Scot Dutchy]

Of course they are as is social media. It is on a par with drug addiction.

Social media addiction is a bigger problem than you think

Can't stay away from social media? You're not alone; social networking is engineered to be as habit-forming as crack cocaine.

And yet almost all kids have access.

[Sean Hayden]

Crack's a lot better than Facebook. I can't imagine thinking Facebook is on par with crack, and I'm capable of thinking some really stupid shit.

[Svartalf]

well, I never tried crack, and I don't have a nose for sniffing stuff, so the real dust is out of the picture too... gimme space cakes any day, or blotter.

[Scot Dutchy]

As long as you drink Mexican gnat's piss (which the Mexicans dont drink and do you stuff a slice of lime in thing as well?) everything will be taken with a truck load of salt.

[cronus]

Crack? Only those who've smoked Facebook know the difference.

[Sean Hayden]

As long as you drink Mexican gnat's piss (which the Mexicans dont drink and do you stuff a slice of lime in thing as well?) everything will be taken with a truck load of salt.

Bullshit, Mexicans'll drink anything.

[Rum]

‘Accelerate’ suggests most of us are getting stupider in any case, just not as fast as smartphone users.

Probably true I suppose..

[laklak]

As long as you drink Mexican gnat's piss (which the Mexicans dont drink and do you stuff a slice of lime in thing as well?) everything will be taken with a truck load of salt.

Bullshit, Mexicans'll drink anything.

So will saltwater rednecks (homo salisaqua rubrumcollum), if your avatar and my beer fridge are any indication.

A slice of lime don't cut it, I juice two whole limes, pour in Corona Light, serve in a salt rimmed glass with ice.

[Sean Hayden]

It's a weird thing to suppose someone might not drink it cause they're Mexican innit?

[Svartalf]

Corona is not bad beer at all, heck, compared to some French shit, or budweiser, even Tsing Tao Chinese beer is acceptable... low fermentation brewed in the best German tradition.

[laklak]

Well, they can't drink the water...

[Scot Dutchy]

Corona is export beer. Its the gnats piss they refuse to drink themselves.

[Sean Hayden]

Corona is not bad beer at all, heck, compared to some French shit, or budweiser, even Tsing Tao Chinese beer is acceptable... low fermentation brewed in the best German tradition.

Indeed, it's relatively inexpensive and fills the niche between the real crap and the pricier brews. I tend to pick it up when I'm at the convenience store and I'm not in the mood for Shiner.