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This is not brain evolution. I somehow doubt that using or not using facebook has an effect on your reproductive success. (on second thought, does it?) Even i

by gxs 17y ago

This is not brain evolution. I somehow doubt that using or not using facebook has an effect on your reproductive success. (on second thought, does it?) Even if it did, we wouldn't be seeing the effects on the current facebook-using population. I don't doubt that our communication patterns are changed by using applications like facebook, but I think it's far fetched to call it evolution. This is where misnomers and miscommunication originate. /rant

goodside 17y ago
To be pedantic, evolution doesn't have to be evolution by natural selection. The word "evolution" is used all the time to describe changes in cultures, technologies, and individuals. These aren't even poetic extensions of Darwinian evolution; the term was in use before Darwin was born. Your point still stands, of course. The original author obviously has no idea how biological evolution works, and their theory is pseudoscientific nonsense.