Do Social Networks Make Us Dumber?


	Do Social Networks Make Us Dumber?

EddieIsSteady

9-13-2009 7:07 AM

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9-13-2009 7:23 AM

clip-on-tie

Oh no way. I think social networks surface a lot of dummies. I know I get called a dummy all the time, but I've learned a lot of new stuff thanks to social networks.

9-13-2009 11:52 AM

lollipop10

Yeah like TV's. Plenty of people will say they don't watch TV, as if it's a bad thing. Well if you just watch sitcoms or whatever. But there is plenty of knowledge-based stuff on there to choose instead where you can actually learn from what you're watching.

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