Facebook Makes You Stupid
We knew it was coming: Social Networking makes us stupider; and the current culprit is Facebook.
Facebook user GPAs were in the 3.0 to 3.5 range on average, compared to 3.5 to 4.0 for non-users. Facebook users also studied anywhere from one to five hours per week, compared to non-users who studied 11 to 15 or more hours per week.We use Facebook -- not to study or to learn -- but to socialize with our SuperPoke Pets friends, and we confess here in the public square that we certainly do feel dumber after logging into Facebook, yet we have no real idea how to extricate ourselves from the morass of communal fun and silliness.
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SuperPoke Pets sure is fun to play, though. Is it worth it?
Oh, it's certainly worth it. We just have to work harder on getting back our smarts when we log off.
That is nothing compared to, say, MMORPG games?
Odit --
Can you please explain what you mean by "MMORPG games?"
MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer On-line Role-Playing Game. If addicted (very likely), they can have extremely harmful effects. There have been news stories about people dying from starvation and suicide due to extreme gaming.
Thank you, Odit! That insight is helpful to our international readership.
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