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Author of The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Waking Up, and other bestselling books published in over 20 languages. Host of the Waking Up podcast.

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    Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg Jan 11

    Social Media Is Making Us Dumber. Here’s Exhibit A.https://nyti.ms/2EzWsNR 

    9:45 PM - 11 Jan 2018
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      2. Joseph McDermott‏ @joeymacjoeface Jan 11
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Social media isn't making us dumber, it's poor critical reasoning skills and a lack of desire among some of us to inquire deeper and challenge not only what we hear and what we read, but to be constantly trying to challenge our own preconceptions.

        7 replies 1 retweet 62 likes
      3. Joseph McDermott‏ @joeymacjoeface Jan 11
        Replying to @joeymacjoeface @SamHarrisOrg

        And Sam, I only ever heard of you through social media. Make of that what you will. 😆😉

        1 reply 0 retweets 26 likes
      4. Ayinde Erin‏ @aiyebio Jan 11
        Replying to @joeymacjoeface @SamHarrisOrg

        Was going to say this too.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Duncan Bell  🌍‏ @Duncan_Bell Jan 11
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Or merely exposing the less dumb to the intelligence gap that’s existed out of sight until now. Social media gives you what you ask of it. The pity is that many are asking for confirmation bias without knowing what it is.

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      2. Jan Milligan‏ @janmilligan Jan 12
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Intelligence aside, one irony is that it may be making us lonelier. I wrote a short essay on this with summary of an @TheAtlantic article, if you have a few mins to read. https://www.janmilligan.co.uk/blog/facebook-is-social-media-healthy-or-bad-for-us …

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Joseph McDermott‏ @joeymacjoeface Jan 12
        Replying to @janmilligan @SamHarrisOrg @TheAtlantic

        This is almost certain if you allow social media to control you, not you controlling it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Jan Milligan‏ @janmilligan Jan 12
        Replying to @joeymacjoeface @SamHarrisOrg @TheAtlantic

        Agreed, ultimately it’s up to the individual. Alas many people haven’t developed the awareness and/or capacity to withstand social media‘s design to take advantage of such weaknesses of will, perhaps especially among children and adolescents.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      5. Joseph McDermott‏ @joeymacjoeface Jan 12
        Replying to @janmilligan @SamHarrisOrg @TheAtlantic

        Most definitely. Facebook and Instagram both can seem like life resumés for many users. This is bourne out of insecurities and will no doubt feed them. I was certainly one who was like this until I deleted Facebook 7 years ago. I let it control me, not me control it.

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      1. BehavioralTerrain‏ @JohnKirbow Jan 11
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Tons of research on the effects of filter bubble algorithms and echo chambers. And L/R reciprocity When combined w moral psychology datasets of polerization, coupled w the rise of Alt Right & Leftist dogmas, it becomes a powderkeg of cruel stupidity #ReciprocalRadicalization

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      2. Chase Roberts‏ @chsrbrts Jan 12
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        I’m glad I found this article on social media and curious why you started every word with a capital letter.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Ryan Young‏ @ryaneyoung Jan 12
        Replying to @chsrbrts @SamHarrisOrg

        Soooooo, you didn't read it?

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Chase Roberts‏ @chsrbrts Jan 12
        Replying to @ryaneyoung @SamHarrisOrg

        Nah I did. I was making a joke.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Daniel Louis‏ @DanielLouie Jan 11
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Good thing I'm looking at this from a social media platform. *.*

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Jeremy Prieur‏ @JeremyPrieur1 Jan 12
        Replying to @DanielLouie @SamHarrisOrg

        Yeah, yeah... Headlines gonna headline. The article is worth reading though.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Daniel Louis‏ @DanielLouie Jan 12
        Replying to @JeremyPrieur1 @SamHarrisOrg

        For sure 100%, but was very clearly just making a joke.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. tomas  👣‏ @tomas Jan 11
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Or maybe we were dumb all along and social media is just shining a spotlight on it?

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. brian mackenzie‏Verified account @brianmackenzie Jan 12
        Replying to @tomas @SamHarrisOrg

        .who created social media? ohhh. #WitchHunt

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Heikki Kolehmainen‏ @HKolehmainen Jan 11
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Social media just shows stupidity that used to be hidden. I'm not a pessimist either, because it's good to know what's "out there" and I believe that it's plausible that all the transparency will eventually make an average human smarter, not dumber.

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
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