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The truth is that everything you do changes your brain. Everything. Every little thought or experience plays a role in the constant wiring and rewiring of your neural networks. So there is no escape. Yes, the internet is rewiring your brain. But so is watching television. And having a cup of tea. Or not having a cup of tea. Or thinking about the washing on Tuesdays. Your life, however you live it, leaves traces in the brain.
Tom Stafford, writing about the anxiety surrounding brain attention spans in the age of the internet.
In short, everything you do changes your brain in some way. It’s better to approach these new cognitive challenges with an even keel, and not through the lens of technophobia.
A must read for fans of the brain and the internet, which you all clearly are (or else you wouldn’t be reading this).
BBC Future - Does the internet rewire your brain?
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here’s a list of interesting~ (in my opinion) wiki/cracked articles (mostly cracked) made rebloggable because vivian said i should so ok
- list of common misconceptions
- list of people who disappeared mysteriously
- urban legends (this one has a bunch of…
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