tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post4854291392756968630..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: Rewiring the brainGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-19000107035792852892012-08-10T02:42:47.687+12:002012-08-10T02:42:47.687+12:00The WCG mentality rears its ugly head again! But,...The WCG mentality rears its ugly head again! But, is everything really in a downward spiral toward our doom? <br /><br />My son, daughter and son-in-law are all avid gamers and either current college students or recent college grads. By my observation, these kids and their friends have definitely been "rewired". But guess what - they and their acquaintances are brilliant! They seem to know something about everything and everything about several things, and by the way their attention spans are terrific. The current crop of University students, at least in the top-tier universities, seems to have no attention span problem.<br /><br />I think "video games are going to ruin our intelligence" falls into the category of "urban legend".The Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327459017793489626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-26937031224592922852012-08-08T15:44:57.933+12:002012-08-08T15:44:57.933+12:00From the studies I've seen, this "rewirin...From the studies I've seen, this "rewiring" has resulted in a loss of concentration.<br /><br />Soon, University students will have the same attention span of my cat, which would eminently qualify them to be a politician or a minister in the Armstrongist churches of God (not that rank and file members have fewer UBOs and don't seem to have the onset of early Altzhiemer's disease).<br /><br />Not a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com