YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to science - Dexerto
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A study from scientists at Zhejiang University is going viral for showing a correlation between short-form content and lower impulse control.
  • JustinTheGMEnglish
    52·
    3 个月前

    Wouldn’t the knock-on effects of a reduced attention span pretty much look like ‘dumber’?

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      14·
      3 个月前

      Intelligence is intelligence you can’t reduce it by watching cat videos

      • JustinTheGMEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        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.