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Title: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on September 08, 2010, 05:42:40 AM: According to a new study, students who use Facebook they and their facebook friends collectively have 20% lower scores in tests. So either facebook use makes you dumber or ..

nerds simply don't have friends. :banana:

http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/9/7/facebook-usage-cause-20-cent-drop-exam-results-says-research/
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: VonMessa on September 08, 2010, 05:44:52 AM: ... or more time is spent on facebook than studying...
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: LLogann on September 08, 2010, 07:46:03 AM: :lol
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: IrishOne on September 08, 2010, 08:35:34 AM: Quote from: VonMessa on September 08, 2010, 05:44:52 AM
... or more time is spent on facebook than studying...

thats about it too
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: Qrsu on September 08, 2010, 08:41:16 AM: Quote from: VonMessa on September 08, 2010, 05:44:52 AM
... or more time is spent on facebook than studying...

Thank god I spend all my time reading this BBS instead. :aok ... :uhoh
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: Mar on September 08, 2010, 09:12:06 AM: Quote from: Qrsu on September 08, 2010, 08:41:16 AM
Thank god I spend all my time reading this BBS instead. :aok ... :uhoh

+1
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: druski85 on September 08, 2010, 09:17:36 AM: The last line of that passage:

"It is very likely that the same study would have yielded the same results had Facebook been swapped for television, Twitter or email."

Wow, what a groundbreaking piece of research this one was. If you study less or while distracted, your grades suffer? :huh Personally I can't blame facebook specifically, but if PC games didn't exist I can't imagine what I could accomplish. :lol
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: Twizzty on September 08, 2010, 09:18:42 AM: (http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/TwizztyAH/FACEBOOK-Your-doing-it-wrong.jpg)
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: SirFrancis on September 08, 2010, 09:19:46 AM: Quote from: Twizzty on September 08, 2010, 09:18:42 AM
(http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/TwizztyAH/FACEBOOK-Your-doing-it-wrong.jpg)

:aok :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: OOZ662 on September 08, 2010, 09:26:35 AM: It really depends on how you use it. I actually use it to communicate with friends, especially those from my high school class that have moved on. The people who spam never-ending groups and "likes" all over the place, spend years staring at a whatever-ville screen, and put random music lyrics as their statuses...yeah, I can see that.
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: Jayhawk on September 08, 2010, 10:25:06 AM: Pretty worthless study, all it's really saying is that multitasking doesn't help you learn. They even admit in the study that they could have switched facebook out for another distraction and would expect the same result.
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: IrishOne on September 08, 2010, 10:42:19 AM: Quote from: Twizzty on September 08, 2010, 09:18:42 AM
(http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/TwizztyAH/FACEBOOK-Your-doing-it-wrong.jpg)
:lol
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: greens on September 08, 2010, 10:45:46 AM: no wonder.....hmmmmmm uh what :huh
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: oakranger on September 08, 2010, 11:11:20 AM: MrRiplEy, you do know that these reports can be mis-leading and subjective.
Title: Re: Facebook makes you dumber
Post by: Dragon on September 08, 2010, 11:59:11 AM: Quote from: OOZ662 on September 08, 2010, 09:26:35 AM
It really depends on how you use it. I actually use it to communicate with friends, especially those from my high school class that have moved on.

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