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FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

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FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago
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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune
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Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/34417565

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    18 days ago

    Sweden figured that out already

    I wonder how long my own country, France, will take to wake up from that high tech-venerating educative system nightmare?

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      At least he could never be fooled twice.

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        18 days ago

        You know your old Texas/Tennessee sayings well.

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    Case in point: the inability to tell the difference between correlation and causation.

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      I see you spend all your time on Reddit, evangelizing big AI and tech corporations… So can you give us a hint what you think the actual problem is?

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        Two more completely disconnected statements that are presented as if there was something meaningful connecting them, is this intentional irony?

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