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A neuroscientist friend of mine says Lumosity is not just junk science, but junk implementation of junk science. I would imagine just about any real puzzle solv
by moron4hire 7y ago
A neuroscientist friend of mine says Lumosity is not just junk science, but junk implementation of junk science. I would imagine just about any real puzzle solving task would have a greater impact on cognitive ability than the specific case of Lumosity.
- neves 7y agoAnd Portal certainly is more fun than any Lumosity game. Educators don't usually consider fun to be important for learning.
- inetknght 7y ago> Educators don't usually consider fun to be important for learning. That's quite unfortunate. I think fun is absolutely crucial to truly learn something.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoWell, you're wrong. You can learn stuff "truly" without it being fun. There is a lot of stuff people learn without having fun doing it.
- logfromblammo 7y agoI think my only hope for learning Spanish at this point would be a game that starts out in a Texaslike setting, with the storyline missions sending the player into progressively more Spanish-speaking situations, with more Hispanic-specific cultural elements, until complete immersion occurs. Start out ordering tacos for lunch. End by smuggling someone out of Venezuela via the Orinoco in a narco-submarine, with paramilitary groups ready to execute you if you mistranslate something.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoI remember the ah-ha moment while interviewing at Lumosity was when the CEO burst in the room and excitedly told me how much he wanted me to make their site "Web 2.0". My heart sank and I noped out of there pretty quickly. A junk implementation of sound science sounds about right to me.