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Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
- tjmaxal 16y agoBad Title. It should be does the internet make you...oh look something shiny. The idea that multitasking is bad for you is not new.
- RyanMcGreal 16y ago>In one experiment conducted at Cornell University, for example, half a class of students was allowed to use Internet-connected laptops during a lecture, while the other had to keep their computers shut. Those who browsed the Web performed much worse on a subsequent test of how well they retained the lecture's content. What if half the class was allowed to read a book during a lecture and the other half was not? Would you expect the results to be any different?