Westerners Are Getting Dumber, Study Says

[Ash Wednesday]

True, but then again, I think it's much easier to read something of any length on printed paper and not on the computer due to its impact on your eyes.

 

Making digital reading better certainly would have merit, but I don't really think eye strain the key reason why so many people have such short attention spans, though. But it's true that there's probably a number of reasons at play. I think one thing that also contributes to short attention spans it is the pace of our daily lives as well because we are always so busy, dealing with constant distractions and simply not always having time (or not always feeling like we have time).

Edited June 22, 2014 by Ash Wednesday

[Fidei Defensor]

I've always been dumb  :disguise:

[God the Father]

To conflate two threads, and to illustrate a point, I raise the following question:

 

Is it possible that Westerners are getting dumber because dope-smoking is becoming more prevalent out West? Colorado, California, Oregon - they're all out west, aren't they? 

 

I laughed, thx

[Ash Wednesday]

To conflate two threads, and to illustrate a point, I raise the following question:

 

Is it possible that Westerners are getting dumber because dope-smoking is becoming more prevalent out West? Colorado, California, Oregon - they're all out west, aren't they? 

 

 

Errr....no. It's because their cowboy hats are on too tight.

[WillT]

According to that experiment, Ray Charles must have had an IQ of about 0...