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YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to science (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] 48 points 8 months ago (4 children)

They did not in fact find that the shorts are making you dumber. They said it affects your attention span.

Ironically I found this out in the first sentence of the article and then stopped reading.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Wouldn't the knock-on effects of a reduced attention span pretty much look like 'dumber'?

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