Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoYouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to sciencewww.dexerto.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down152
arrow-up1273arrow-down1external-linkYouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to sciencewww.dexerto.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareJustinTheGM@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 hours agoWouldn’t the knock-on effects of a reduced attention span pretty much look like ‘dumber’?
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoIntelligence is intelligence you can’t reduce it by watching cat videos
minus-squareJustinTheGM@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 minutes 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.
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.