tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111303718232102418.post9149534865324589892..comments2024-03-28T03:15:43.015-04:00Comments on Spasms of Accommodation: Real Life Seems OverratedBeachtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13792937145012547220noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111303718232102418.post-10212299817905086912012-02-25T17:28:56.607-05:002012-02-25T17:28:56.607-05:00That's actually quite a big issue no one know...That's actually quite a big issue no one knows what she's saying. It's a big issue among her peers. She's been going around the press circuit saying worrisome but unspecific things about computers in books, newspapers and on TV for years without carrying out any research or publishing her claims in a form that her fellow scientists can verify. She normally says something along the lines of "there's something about using computers that maybe can do something to your brain" and leaves it at that.<br /><br />I think she's probably got a point that it's not great for you to constantly use Twitter to the exclusion of all other things, for all the good it does for everyone who isn't in that situation.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180325668437665385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111303718232102418.post-9911293052768380562012-02-25T13:55:30.082-05:002012-02-25T13:55:30.082-05:00I think she was saying social media is bad if it k...I think she was saying social media is bad if it keeps you from having a heated discussion with your husband or a serious heart-to-heart with one of your kids. She doesn't understand how it works. <br /><br />But what I want to know is what's wrong with NEVER having a heated discussion? I hate heated discussions. Is it bad from my brain if I have a life devoid of husbands and children? With no heated discussions and heart-to-heart talks? I kind of think the neurologist was making assumptions about humanity that isn't founded in good research, which is what the Twitter supporter was pointing out by asking her where was her peer reviewed research. She's just assuming that what most people do is normal, and normal is healthy, therefore any excursion from that is bad. I think normal is untested and may be a fallacy.Beachtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792937145012547220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111303718232102418.post-62002367549203659502012-02-25T13:37:20.256-05:002012-02-25T13:37:20.256-05:00I find the relationships I've developed with m...I find the relationships I've developed with my online friends better than real life in some ways, for example, an online friend can't intrude in my life during a heated discussion with my husband or a serious heart-to-heart with one of my kids. They never come knock on my door and bug me while I am home (I don't like people coming to my house).<br /><br />In addition, answering email is convenient because I can do it when I feel like it.<br /><br />How is that not good? Great for my mental state, can tell ya that.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353667980806676067noreply@blogger.com