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.
  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    502·
    1 month ago

    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.

    • JustinTheGM@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      52·
      1 month ago

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

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        14·
        1 month ago

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

        • JustinTheGM@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          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.

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      1 month ago

      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.