Re:Scientific study reveals TikTok videos deactivate key cog...
by alehlopeh on Thursday August 20, 2026 @04:14PM
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You think people in their 50’s run the world? That’s adorable. Meanwhile people are living longer than ever, still going strong in their 80’s. You think they just retired or something?
Re:Scientific study reveals TikTok videos deactivate key cog...
by t-writescode on Thursday August 20, 2026 @03:40PM
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Eeeh, Leetcode is older. I’m a millenial and it was popular when I was going through - 10ish years earlier.
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Re:Scientific study reveals TikTok videos deactivate key cog...
by crindy on Thursday August 20, 2026 @03:48PM
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I don't think this comment is inline with community guidelines. "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes."
Re:Scientific study reveals TikTok videos deactivate key cog...
by fsckSociety on Thursday August 20, 2026 @04:12PM
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This whole article is about the ills of falloff in brain activity as human agency is hyper normalized; stick to an experiential lane the brain does not further develop or keep active neuron clusters.
Broad sustained exposure being the known mechanism to activate and deactivate "key cognitive brain regions".
Perhaps you should activate more regions via exposure to that which so easily excites your brain due to lack of exposure. Snark won't trigger you so easily then.
Coincides with GenZ aging into adulthood after being educated in the debunked "3-cueing" or "whole language" reading education model. So far 40 states have pivoted away from it as states that switched first saw reading comprehension improve.
Whole lot of social experimentation without informed consent being put on people by 50+ year olds who run the world and never had to jump through the same thought policing.
Psychiatrist argues Americans have lost their grit for irrational reality we are forced to live in and actually are snowflakes: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/02/how-we-...