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Email Worse Than Marijuana For Intelligence?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the as-an-evergreen-state-graduate-i'm-unqualified-to-comment dept.

wallykeyster writes "The Guardian is reporting that a recent study at King's College indicates that the average IQ loss of email users was 10 points (or six points more than cannabis users). Details on The Register as well. The Register has a related story about how computers make kids dumb and an apparent "problem-solving deficit disorder" observed in children who use computers. I thought it was television that rotted your brain?"

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  1. Every day... by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Every day computers make people easier to use!

    Sure the internet can make you more intelligent if you spend your time reading Wolfram Mathworld, Scientific American, Project Gutenburg texts, and Wikipedia...but who does? Is the back-forth banter here really intelligent? Seems more like smalltalk. The bloggers are just writing about each other. Everquest is pulling people away from reality entirely.

    Maybe the library isn't such a bad idea after all.

  2. Re:Well, funny and all but..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm with Oliver, but with one addition: tell your son in advance what you are going to do. He will protest and give you a hard time (hold your balls out, man), but he may lose your trust and never forgive you if you unexpectedly destroy the game and his player data.