Is Google Making Us Stupid?

[SkittlesLoli]

Your lack of eye-contact is disturbing...

[kevingp12]

I actually have an assignment to read his book at my college, but I'm watching the video instead..

[sinKrin]

George Romero wasn't far off the mark.

[MrSurfsAlot]

lmao trying to watch this but i keep getting on facebook and tuning it out, reality check haha well im in school 8 hours a day i guess i use my mind enough

[daniloorbolato]

I can't believe I paused this video 3 times to check my e mail account and my pirateBay downloads.

[costa200]

Having more information than ever, being able to use it immediately and reading more than ever is making you stupid? Right...

Tell you what Nicholas, the reason why your brain is changing and your behaviour patterns is changing is just because you're getting old, that's all. You look exactly like the kind of interested and intelligent guy that get terrorized when you start to feel going downhill. Then something must be at fault. I remember these BS arguments about TV too.

[costa200]

@mark95427 "studies" that indicate that people that sit in front of their TV all day are less healthy than people who do not prove what exactly? You're making the mistake of taking a correlation and turn it into a cause-effect relation. The thing is, you can watch a heavy scientific documentary on TV or you can what some retarded soap opera. The second would be connected to Alzheimer and the first would avoid it. It's not the TVs fault. Those people who watch TV 24/7 wouldn't read a book anyway.

[mark95427]

@costa200

Right right.... so using the internet and watching t.v. indirectly affects your brain;

it makes you unwilling to learn and read books.

[costa200]

@mark95427 I guess you missed the point. People that watch TV 24/7 don't read books. TV didn't do it. They watch TV because they are unwilling to do other stuff from the start. Not the other way around.

[alex007152]

I think Google, Wikipedia and YouTube in particular are making us increasingly impatient as we get used to getting the information we want in mere seconds. I for one have become more impatient over the years when it comes to getting the information I'm looking for outside the internet ...

[luciferiexcelsil]

Is google making us stupid?

Idk, let me google it up..

brb

[Nonvm]

Can't believe this doesn't have that many views

[Angelsy1]

I've wondered about this, but not ascribing the reason for our "learned" ADHD to Google (or other search engines) or even the internet itself... I've considered more that the combined electronic media in general is causing this - we have too much information thrown at us at any given time, all of it begging for "importance in consideration". I have wondered whether we become inured to "importance", all in the quest to sell more commercial advertisements. Perhaps I am only cynical, however.

[jettisonedaeroplane]

this isn't true, at least not in my case. the irony here is i bet this guy's ideas were picked from some psycho blogging away on the internet.

[ZOMGitsDouchebag]

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTAN---- oh look funny cat video in side bar.

[tallyhoman911]

google makes people way smarter and gives us information that the government doesnt want anyone to knw

[eatmycookieface]

NICHOLAS CARRRRRRR WINSSSS

[NOTgarycoleman]

"Any kind of thought process that requires focus..."

Um, like national politics? We're screwed.

[NOTgarycoleman]

0 comments? Am I crazy? What? This is the most important issue I've seen on YouTube in weeks! This is crazy! Jesus.