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[deleted] t1_j790me1 wrote

Reply to comment by mypantsareonmyhead in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga

Oh I don’t think they where at all. One of my favorite quotes is from George Carlin “think about how dumb the average person is, then realize that half of all people are dumber than that guy” I would wager though that grampas generation garnered much more street smarts and basic understandings of the world than the current youth. But I won’t argue that they where more intelligent by any means. We’re smarter today than humans have ever been. But like you said. That’s kind of a constant in humanity, of course we’re smarter now.

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mypantsareonmyhead t1_j79018i wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga

>but the age of information has allowed people to become shockingly dumb and lacking in critical thinking

Welcome to humanity. What you describe is common to humans since the dawn of our time.

Stop deluding yourself that Grampa's generation were socially aware, open minded, curious, intelligent, balanced, or in any way different to us. They weren't.

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Rex--Banner t1_j78zedi wrote

Reply to comment by tiger66261 in Newly-discovered Earth-mass exoplanet — named Wolf 1069 b — may provide durable habitable conditions across a wide area of its dayside by marketrent

But then 30 years later we will have a Probe that goes twice as fast as that one and then we design a Probe that is double the speed of that one and they will get a cool Probe first and each Probe after will get worse with less information that's outdated.

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marketrent OP t1_j78zbhx wrote

Reply to comment by hanlonsaxe in Newly-discovered Earth-mass exoplanet — named Wolf 1069 b — may provide durable habitable conditions across a wide area of its dayside by marketrent

>hanlonsaxe

>It would be nice if we used different words for habitable for humans, and habitable for some kind of life in general.

>But then no one would click. I guess that could be the title for the chapter in the 22nd century history book about this era.

Who is ‘we’?

Do you mean that the majority of users in r/science may not read linked content, or excerpts in comments?

Do you also mean that such users need in-title explanations for scientific words?

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TheArcticFox444 t1_j78xz01 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Political views can be predicted by differences in brain activity. Study says political differences don’t just emerge when it comes to how we interpret reality around us; our brains actually ‘see’ different things depending on our politics. by mossadnik

>I think the idea is more that your views influence how you think, than it is that people with certain brains are prone to different politics.

How can that even be determined? You'd have to scan a newborn's brain and then scan it later after it's "views" have been formed. Obviously, that wasn't done.

Saying that "certain brains are prone to different politics" puts the cart ahead of the horse. It's the outside influences that determines how an individual's brain gets wired up...not the other way 'round.

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dbx999 t1_j78v8xe wrote

Reply to comment by youshouldbethelawyer in New evidence suggests that ‘hybrid’ immunity, the result of both vaccination and a bout of COVID-19, can provide partial protection against reinfection for at least eight months. Immunity acquired by booster vaccination alone seems to fade somewhat faster. by MistWeaver80

Covid is a type of corona virus and there are something like 4 or 5 different diseases that come from a corona virus. Sars and Mers are two which preceded covid19. They are typically difficult to develop vaccines for. There are coronaviruses that affect cattle and livestock commonly and those were not vaccinable and causing problems in the cattle industry. With RNA vaccines though, they should be able to develop vax for those too now.

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khamelean t1_j78v1nw wrote

Reply to comment by hellfae in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga

More violence??? Are you a crazy person? Youth violence is at an all time low, and has been going down consistently for several decades.

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RandomComputerFellow t1_j78v04y wrote

Reply to comment by Licking9VoltBattery in New study links psychedelic drug experience to certain positive health behaviors - A new online survey of U.S. adults indicates that people who report using any of the classic psychedelics at least once in their lives also reported smoking cigarettes less often and eating healthier diets. by mossadnik

Well, I know the causality usually in this direction: Poor people become criminals and criminals become rich.

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