The lede here is not even remotely true This was a study comparing teaching methods (one involving Twitter) in Italian high schools It had NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with "intelligence", however definedhttps://twitter.com/yashar/status/1134057201100820480 …
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Also, the difference was not statistically significant at the 0.05 level (in the study they called it "significant at the usual level", but the level they chose was 0.1)pic.twitter.com/Yiy3C7KwSR
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So...a statistically insignificant (by usual criteria) difference in test scores about a novel for a teaching method that INCLUDES but is not limited to Twitter conversations And yet we get this headlinepic.twitter.com/jgwXbJmCZ9
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To sum up, this is the worst kind of sensationalist headline if anything it's the one making you less intelligent
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