I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
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Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#2Someday we’ll look at short form content bingeing as the equivalent of the Roman empire’s lead water pipes, if we survive.
Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#3> I asked Prof Peter Etchells, an expert on the psychological effects of digital technology at Bath Spa University if this could be plausible. "To the best of my knowledge," he says, "There isn't any good science to support the idea that short videos are specifically or uniquely bad in terms of effects on the brain."
Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#4I appreciate that the article spent a significant amount of time explaining the flaws of this research.
This headline is clickbait, though.
Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#5Someday we’ll look at short form content bingeing as the equivalent of the Roman empire’s lead water pipes, if we survive.
Did you actually read the article?
Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#6Someday we’ll look at short form content bingeing as the equivalent of the Roman empire’s lead water pipes, if we survive.
So you mean that we'll realize that the danger was actually not that huge?
Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#7Someday we’ll look at short form content bingeing as the equivalent of the Roman empire’s lead water pipes, if we survive.
Evidence suggests that Roman lead water pipes were not very harmful:
https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceshot-did-lead...
Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#8Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#9I hate cookie pop-ups. Enjoy. https://archive.is/nhCC9
Re: I'm a neuroscientist. Here's the surprising truth about TikTok 'brain rot'
#10Someday we’ll look at short form content bingeing as the equivalent of the Roman empire’s lead water pipes, if we survive.
Did you actually read the article?
>Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that".