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Re:Chimpanzee Browsing Instagram on iPhone with Precision by thestartup on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:01PM (#19750825)
This sounds like a good demonstration of how mindless the activity of scrolling through Instagram truly is. (Even a monkey can do it).

It's similar to watching TV or mindlessly browsing the web for non-intellectual activities. Perhaps we should be concerned about the impact of these technologies on our evolution as a species. There does seem to be supporting research for this (sorry for not providing links/ref).

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Re:Chimpanzee Browsing Instagram on iPhone with Precision by djtriptych on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:02PM (#19751975)
Why isn't it a demonstration of how intuitive the hardware and UI are.
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Re:Chimpanzee Browsing Instagram on iPhone with Precision by higginsc on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:03PM (#19751982)
haters gonna hate
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Re:Chimpanzee Browsing Instagram on iPhone with Precision by wcoenen on Thursday April 25, 2019 @06:55PM (#19753290)
> Perhaps we should be concerned about the impact of these technologies on our evolution as a species.

Tinder is already breeding humans in a sense.

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Re:Chimpanzee Browsing Instagram on iPhone with Precision by thisgoodlife on Friday April 26, 2019 @05:12AM (#19755824)
Chimpanzees are not monkeys.
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Re:Chimpanzee Browsing Instagram on iPhone with Precision by WindowsFon4life on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:00PM (#19751953)
"Monkey" in reference to a Pan troglodyte?
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Re:Chimpanzee Browsing Instagram on iPhone with Precision by anotheryou on Sunday April 28, 2019 @10:06AM (#19771196)
About as mindless as friendships, eating, love, sex, handling death.

The bit of human sophistication and intellectual pleasures are no golden throne. We are animals with a kink for tech and thought, but not much more.

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Re:Chimpanzee Browsing Instagram on iPhone with Precision by xiphias2 on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:12PM (#19750940)
It's always interesting to see the opening scene, but of course that is too simple to explain what is happening over the world:

https://youtu.be/YwZ0ZUy7P3E

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