Like, we’ll probably find out that eating boogers actually makes you immune to select illnesses or something crazy like that.
Like, we’ll probably find out that eating boogers actually makes you immune to select illnesses or something crazy like that.
Causal relationship between social media and degradation of basic critical thinking skills. Not just tiktok, anything in which people are primarily communicating asynchronously and has a “reward” (likes, upvotes, etc)
So Reddit/Lemmy for sure included
Casually closes this app, knowing I will be back in half an hour
I think a major issue is that nobody checks sources. Earlier, when everybody watched the news or read papers, sources were more reputable (not infallible for sure). Now any random creator can sway your opinion without that reputability. Pretty inherent to the internet as algorithms decentralise everybody into their own corner.
Ironically inspired by a Hank green video
nice, have an upvote.
You mean like
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362607055_Impact_of_social_media_use_on_critical_thinking_ability_of_university_students
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563216307841
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11528-010-0398-z
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131516302469