(Predictive) texting makes kids dumb

[The artist formally known]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/texting-makes-kids-dumb-science-fact/

Ready for your daily dose of wildly speculative extrapolation and unfounded fear-mongering? Predictive texting is the latest suspect in the ongoing war against things that make children dumb. A new study from Australia's Monash University has shown that predictive texters finish their exams faster and with more errors than others, because of course, when your mobile finishes your words in a text, you expect it to finish your sentences in a test. We jest, and there may be a sliver of truth to this contention, but let's be forthright here -- you could probably do more damage to your brain with a good night's alcohol intake than you can with a lifetime of texting.

Sounds like bullshit but whatever, still nice to know that people are becoming more dumb.

[Cookie]

I think evolution is going backwards.

[Samus Aran]

Every single generation thinks that the younger, currently "hip" (can't believe I used that word) is getting dumber, even though the younger generations continue churning out more and more technological geniuses and our society continues advancing as a whole mentally. This "texting is making our kids stupid" bullshit is just the tip of the iceberg.