Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoYouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to sciencewww.dexerto.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down167
arrow-up1397arrow-down1external-linkYouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to sciencewww.dexerto.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down2·25 days agoThey did not in fact find that the shorts are making you dumber. They said it affects your attention span. Ironically I found this out in the first sentence of the article and then stopped reading.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·25 days agoYeah I can’t imagine it making me dumber. Most of my shorts are interesting scientific facts/discoveries. Or CSS tips and tricks. Attention span I can definitely believe.
minus-squareJustinTheGM@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·25 days agoWouldn’t the knock-on effects of a reduced attention span pretty much look like ‘dumber’?
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·25 days agoIntelligence is intelligence you can’t reduce it by watching cat videos
minus-squareJustinTheGM@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoSure, but “being dumb” isn’t an exclusive club for people with low intelligence. There plenty of very smart people that are also dumb. Hell, most AIs could be classified as smart but dumb.
They did not in fact find that the shorts are making you dumber. They said it affects your attention span.
Ironically I found this out in the first sentence of the article and then stopped reading.
Yeah I can’t imagine it making me dumber. Most of my shorts are interesting scientific facts/discoveries. Or CSS tips and tricks.
Attention span I can definitely believe.
Wouldn’t the knock-on effects of a reduced attention span pretty much look like ‘dumber’?
Intelligence is intelligence you can’t reduce it by watching cat videos
Sure, but “being dumb” isn’t an exclusive club for people with low intelligence. There plenty of very smart people that are also dumb. Hell, most AIs could be classified as smart but dumb.