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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[SomethingAwful was right all along!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wagedomain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 1st 2010 10:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[I was hoping that the answer would be in the first paragraph. I skimmed the rest and couldn't see if the Internet does make us dumber or not. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex White]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2010 1:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[ It is how the  information is used. That will be what  decide absorption  of material that is read. Not by how the information is got.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rossmm10]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2010 6:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[People are BORN with a particular amount of "Native Intelligence", like any other mammal.  It "comes with the package".  YOU cannot be MADE SMARTER, or more STUPID (by any process short of brain trauma, or severe illness).  That said, OF COURSE the Internet, Google, & various other search engines carry a MOTHERLOAD of references, dictionaries, encyclopedias, analyses of nearly every Literary work one could want & simply information galore.  Should the User (You) CHOOSE to utilize the Internet in a "Self-Educational" manner, there is no doubt a human being CAN become impressively educated in almost limitless areas. Nothing impedes the movement of one User, from carpentry to Vector Analysis; "appropriate" hairstyles and make-up (for your age & skin tone of course), to comprehensive grammar, writing style, & literary device (also indicating where a young writer might submit short articles AND have them published).  There is also a "social polishing" element present in the Plethora of "Miss Manners" knock-offs.  These ladies seem to give a tremendous lot of advice, about how to get (mostly) men to behave in a more cultured fashion.  Alas, all of this "education" and opportunity to vault your way from Neanderthal to Modern Human is ONLY "Potential". Should You, the User, CHOOSE to create an isolated Cyber-Bubble, Self-Stimming billions of kb, MB, GB...  ...then TB of Your life away, immersed in YouP0rn, k@zaa, TheDailyBe@st, etc.<br> ~It really IS about choice, isn't it?  1) Try number 1, & you'll appear reasonably intelligent, educated, groomed & cultured (unless you're just hopeless).  You won't BE smarter, but you maximize your wares; 2) After a month of "Autistic-stimming" (this is NOT to insult anyone with autism)-- locked in your bubble (no bathing, no tooth-brushing, emerging only to get "grab & run food", drink, and hit the john occasionally), you are a bleary-eyed stinking mess when you emerge.  No more STUPID than usual, but... ...that SMELL.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marti Mia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 2nd 2010 7:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[. . . " 2) After a month of "Autistic-stimming" (this is NOT to insult anyone with autism)-- locked in your bubble (no bathing, no tooth-brushing, emerging only to get "grab & run food", drink, and hit the john occasionally), you are a bleary-eyed stinking mess when you emerge. No more STUPID than usual, but... ...that SMELL " . . .  riot. and as funny as it now is {gulp} unfortunately familiar. not to mention  --pew! research indeed-- that auto-odiferous scent of solipsism<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[akasichorse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2010 1:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's mother lode Marti not motherload. Although your missive seems to scream "look how smart I am" the preponderance of capitalizations and breathless pronouncements sound more like an infomercial extolling some sort of cheesy SELF EDUCATIONAL (capitalized to emulate your style) program available for $19.95 plus shipping and handling.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mobeck8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 5:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[Marti Mia -- I enjoyed reading your comments, well written!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EllerMedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 9:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[I appreciate the feedback.  Truly I do-- ALL of it! I am glad that "akasichorse" recognized the HUMOR & semi "tongue-in-cheek" intent within my writing.   ". . . riot. and as funny as it now is {gulp} unfortunately familiar."  Hilarious & a shared experience.  Thankyou  <br>"mobeck8" every writer needs a Critic, someone to highlight areas of relative weakness!  "EllerMedia" your comment is really very KIND!  Than You!!!  I am pleased that you feel my commentary was well-written!  What a wonderful project it would be to have space & time to properly examine the effects of "using the Internet" on "COGNITIVE PROCESSING"!!!  ...or something akin to that, rather than "Does the Internet Dumb us Down?"  Have a Great Day--  Mia!       ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mya M.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 10th 2010 11:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[I done no if it makes me stoopid.  I think it make me sm art.  I feel anythang that give u instantaneus infurmation makes u stoopid.  I thinc.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[idoneno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 2:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[RITE! et don maek u dummr or smrtre.  et jes maek yu THINC mor betrer.  SO MUCH LOT INFERMETON!!!  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[In our world of today, especially in America, there's already a significant portion of people that don't like to read books.  The fact that these same people will read what's on the screen in front of them, or twitter away, makes them "smarter" by using that part of the brain that assimilates written words.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Irwin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 2:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[How can it make you dumber if there is stuff like this out there? <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=24896376" rel="nofollow">http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=24896376</a>#]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cap10m]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 3:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[I lost interest after the first couple of sentences....... huh?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[txflyt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[americans are getting stupid fast enough on their own - the internet helps speed up idiocy only a bit]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ga7smi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder if carr is just suffering from age-related issues. There's a relatively sudden change as we switch from 30s to 40s. Confusion, difficulty concentrating, short term memory issues. Shocked me to the core when it happened, but lethicin and a few other changes made a huge difference.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caterina Pryde]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[i just read the stupid comments...Xp]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[leatherface51v]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanx for cleering that up. I reed the hedline an thn git stoopider..Take it off mi monitur. Pleez]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[egl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[Garbage in Garbage out. One has to do a lot of sifting to find what is good and what is bad. You cannot believe everything you read is fact, proofread, or all B.S. for that matter. Even some News people and journalist seem to have given up on good quality research and a fair and balanced effort in reporting a story. Searching is so quick - try to know your sources and use multiple sources that you trust if at all possible. There is a trade off of a ton of information and diving deeper into a subject. Years ago people thought a calculator would make someone who is good at math - dumber. It actually made some go further in the field quicker because they weren't spending days and days creating a charts that were really just a road block and busy work. With a few keystrokes - there was the answer and the ability to move on and learn more. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[the_fool]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA[Much as Obama supporters should be required to not remove their bumper stickers (as they work as a wonderful caution to those of us that could pass a voter IQ test that the other driver is a brain dead moron with the IQ of rancid mayonaise) regular users of the internet (and mindless drivle such as facebook, ad nauseum) label themselves as incapable of independent thought as well as  fans of mispelled pornography. Perhaps another sticker---" I uze the innernet and prode ofit" woulsd be useful.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mbednarz5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 5:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pew Says the Internet Doesn't Dumb Us Down, But Are They Right?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/01/pew-says-the-internet-doesnt-dumb-us-down-but-are-they-right/</guid><description><![CDATA["mbednarz5 said  5:27PM on 3-09-2010<br>Much as Obama supporters should be required to not remove their bumper stickers (as they work as a wonderful caution to those of us that could pass a voter IQ test that the other driver is a brain dead moron with the IQ of rancid mayonaise) regular users of the internet (and mindless drivle such as facebook, ad nauseum) label themselves as incapable of independent thought as well as fans of mispelled pornography. Perhaps another sticker---" I uze the innernet and prode ofit" woulsd be useful."<br><br>You misspelled "misspelled" (mispelled), along with "drivel" (drivle), "ad nauseam" (ad nauseum), and "mayonnaise" (mayonaise):  now, who, exactly is dumber than "rancid mayonaise" ( or rancid mayonnaise ), you semi-literate cretin ?  Perhaps you need another sticker :  " I'M DUM'NER THN DURT & PRODE OFIT! "]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tyrebitre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 7:57PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
