+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Email Worse Than Marijuana For Intelligence? | | from the as-an-evergreen-state-graduate-i'm-unqualified-to-commen| | posted by Zonk on Friday April 22, @20:35 (The Internet) | | http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/22/2146251 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ wallykeyster writes "The Guardian is reporting that a recent study at King's College indicates that the [0]average IQ loss of email users was 10 points (or six points more than cannabis users). Details on [1]The Register as well. The Register has a related story about how [2]computers make kids dumb and an apparent "problem-solving deficit disorder" observed in children who use computers. I thought it was television that rotted your brain?" Discuss this story at: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=05/04/22/2146251 Links: 0. http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1465973,00.html 1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/22/email_destroys_iq/ 2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/21/how_dumb_kids/
I suppose it’s not ironic that I picked up this priceless Slashdot tidbit via email, and that I am now wasting my time with this pointless blog entry.