Information Overload: Lower IQ
polycounter lvl 18
Don't know whom caught this here already..
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The relentless influx of emails, cellphone calls and instant messages received by modern workers can reduce their IQ by more than smoking marijuana, suggests UK research.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7298&feedId=online-news_rss20
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The relentless influx of emails, cellphone calls and instant messages received by modern workers can reduce their IQ by more than smoking marijuana, suggests UK research.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7298&feedId=online-news_rss20
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But not everyone was affected by to the same extent - men were twice as distracted as women.
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Well duhhh. Everyone knows that women can multi task better than men can.
And people who choose to smoke marijuana already have a very low IQ, so this study is flawed.
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Lol, preach it brother Elysium.
As for the article, I read it and said "duh" a number of times.. so it seems asthough this wasn't anything more than someone saying shit we already knew.
I doubt I'll be able to hold back much longer. Keep it up.
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Oooohhh.....this sounds interesting.
I READ A ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET THAT THE POPE IS A NAZI AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMUNIST AND PUT FLUORIDE IN MY DRINKING WATER.
MORE NEWS AT 11:00!
:P
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I believe reading craptastic articles such as this can lower your IQ. I could have been concentrating on something more productive.
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Masturbation?
That't okay since your all saying you don't see a problem, then let me show this to Efficiency specialist that your companies will hire in.. *laughs evilly*
Masturbation?
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I dunno. Has that been proven to lower IQ yet?